LISTEN: The new leader of Thanet Council Rick Everitt told us how he feels to have been voted into office - 11/10/2019
Oct 11, 2019, 09:45 AM
A beleaguered council leader and his Conservative administration have been ousted after suffering a shock defeat in a vote of no confidence. #Thanet District Council leader Robert Bayford (Con) has been forced out following a dramatic and extraordinary meeting at Margate's council offices last night. Cheers sounded as the Labour group, headed by Cllr Rick Everitt, was voted into office by opposition parties despite only holding 20 seats out of the district council's 56.