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Tory group leader suspended for helping to topple Reform UK administration in Worcestershire

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Conservative councillor Adam Kent suspended after forming alliance with Green Party, Liberal Democrats, and independents to oust Reform UK from Worcestershire County Council, leading to new coalition under Green councillor Matt Jenkins.

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