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Reform UK Backs JCB's Pothole Fixer After Donation

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Reform UK leaders, including Nigel Farage, have been promoting JCBs Pothole Pro machine, a rapid road repair digger, following a £200k donation from the company. The machine, which they claim cuts repair costs in half, has been adopted by two Reform-run councils and others, despite a Liberal Democrat complaint to the Electoral Commission about potential political favoritism.

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Reform UK Backs JCB's Pothole Fixer After Donation

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UK News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now!Reform UK Backs JCB's Pothole Fixer After Donation. Machine-transcribed; use the interactive transcript above to jump the player to any line.

On May 2nd, reform UK leaders have been hyping up JCB's pothole pro machine, a digger that fixes roads fast, right after the party pocketed a two. 100,000 pound donation from the company last November. Figures like Nigel Farage, Lee Anderson, Robert Jenric, Zia Yusuf, and Richard Tyson have all shouted out the machine. Farage even rode in on one at a rally, calling JCB one of the world's top companies, in saying it cuts pothole repair costs in half. People symbolize broken Britain for them, and they've pushed councils to ditch old contracts for this tech. Reforms even featuring it on local election flyers, in places like Barnett and Kirklies. Now, two reform run councils, Lincoln Shire and Not-a-Him Shire, are using the pothole pro through contractors after proper trials. They say it works four times faster at half the cost. And other parties councils like Labor and Tory ones use it too. People Democrats filed a complaint with the Electoral Commission, questioning if reforms

trading public contracts for donor favors. JCB and council leaders push back hard, insisting decisions came from independent tests with no political meddling, and the machines proving itself. On roads nationwide.

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