Nigel Farage's 'Doge unit' which has been charged with exposing waste in Reform UK's councils will expose "the biggest national scandal we've seen in a decade", one of its key figures says.
Arron Banks - who was dubbed one of the "bad boys of Brexit" after he helped to fund one Nigel Farage's Brexit campaign at the 2016 European Union referendum - is helping to head up the unit as it seeks to show voters that Reform UK is focused on getting a better result for taxpayers.
Banks said the findings would be bigger than the Daily Telegraph's uncovering of widescale abuses of the MPs' expenses system which led to dozens of MPs quitting, others being imprisoned and the historic resignation of the Commons speaker in 2009.
The Doge unit is modelled on the "Department of Government Efficiency" which was set up by billionaire Elon Musk to help US President Donald Trump root out wasteful spending.
Arron Banks has tipped Farage to uncover the 'biggest national scandal in a decade'
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Banks told today's Chopper's Political Podcast: "This review of local government is going to be the biggest national scandal we've seen in a decade. I mean that sincerely.
"Fraud, corruption, waste and the almost the capture by some of the big accounting firms... The system has been set up to enrich large corporate entities at the expense of the taxpayer.
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"So I think we'll be the first party ever to take it on. And it certainly won't be easy because the vested interests in there are colossal."Banks continued: "You remember that years ago, the Telegraph ran an exposé of expenses of MPs. It was hugely successful campaign that all sorts of things came out of the woodwork.
"And I think this review of local government is going to be the biggest national scandal we've seen in a decade. I mean that sincerely - fraud, corruption, waste."
The Daily Telegraph's uncovering of widescale abuses of the Parliamentary expenses system led to dozens of MPs quitting, others being imprisoned and the historic resignation of the Commons speaker in 2009.
Asked if what is uncovered will be bigger than the the MPs' expenses scandal - the biggest political scandal of the century so far - he said: "It will be bigger."Bank added: "I am going to say it right now, it will be a bigger scandal than that."Listen to Chopper's Political Podcast on Spotify or Apple podcasts. or watch it on GB News' YouTube feed.
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