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Reform's Tice struggles to name new Scottish councillors

The deputy leader of Reform UK has struggled to name his two new Scottish councillors while on a visit to Edinburgh.

Richard Tice was in Scotland to announce a further two councillors have defected to join his party.

They are John Gray from Renfrewshire Council and Ross Lambie from South Lanarkshire Council.

But when pushed to name his party's new members and which councils they served on, Mr Tice repeated their first names "John and Ross".

He said Reform UK was growing in popularity because their "policies will make people better off".

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