Reform-run council pledges to recite Lord's Prayer and sing national anthem before meetings

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A Reform UK-run council is pledging to recite the Lord's Prayer and sing the national anthem before its meetings.Kent County Council is set to vote on the matter after a committee chose to put it to its 81 councillors.Reform UK councillor Richard Palmer, the chairman of the authority, said: "We are a Christian nation."While Restore Britain's Maxine Fothergill said: "I do not see a problem with this, and if members do not agree with it, they are welcome to sit it out and come in when the clergy has finished." TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say The council's monitoring officer had warned that the council would not be able to legally include the prayer in its livestream of meetings.But the motion was passed with an amendment allowing the prayer to be broadcast.However, fury has broken out at County Hall over the patriotic plans.Mark Hood, who leads the authority's four-strong Green Party group, demanded the council "operate in a wholly secular manner to respect the followers of all...

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