Councillor Rhys Machin

Reform UK Councillor | Cabinet Support Member for Finance & Devolution | Promoted by Rhys Machin, Reform UK, Millbank Tower, 21-24 Millbank, SW1P 4QP

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£226.8 MILLION in annualised benefits spending in Cannock Chase, Staffordshire - £2,179 per resident.

🔎 Check your area:
https://t.co/JIAlry89h5

Reform UK says its Making Welfare Work plan would get 241,000 people back into work and save £50bn a year.

#ReformUK #Staffordshire

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ANOTHER RECORD SMASHED

First time Staffordshire has ever broken 5000 potholes in a single month

We backed our highways plan with £15m extra investment and 14 additional crews. Now the results are showing

Still more to do - but we’re working through the Tory Backlog #ReformUK

[Darren Grimes @darrengrimes]

This made me feel sick, they somehow find this funny. We’ve got adult migrants sitting through seminars being taught basic British law on age of consent as if it’s a friendly refresher course, while tax-paying Brits are told to just accept this as the new normal.

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The Home Office has issued guidance to asylum seekers explaining that rape, sexual assault and abuse are crimes - and that women have equal rights in Britain.

The fact this guidance is considered necessary should concern everyone.

Respect our laws! 🇬🇧

#ReformUK
#Staffordshire

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📚 Backing Staffordshire’s libraries.

Reform UK at Staffordshire County Council is investing £5 million across our 43 libraries, including £1 million for almost all 27 community-managed libraries.

Local libraries. Stronger communities.

#ReformUK #Staffordshire #Libraries

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A fantastic day in Staffordshire! 🇬🇧

Huge thanks to @SuellaBraverman, @SarahForRuncorn and @Ben_Bradley_32 for joining Reform UK councillors from across the country.

Great speeches, great conversations and plenty of ideas for delivering real change. ✅

#ReformUK #Staffordshire

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22,375 potholes repaired across Staffordshire in the first five months of 2026/27

That includes 4,750 in July - the highest monthly total in five years - and 4,022 in August

More crews. More repairs. Tackling the Tory Backlog

Less talk. More tarmac!

#ReformUK #Staffordshire

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🚨 NO PEAK CLUSTER.

Reform UK councillors in Staffordshire have been standing up for residents and raising serious concerns over the proposed CO₂ pipeline.

We’ll keep fighting for our communities, farmers and countryside.

NO PEAK CLUSTER.

#NoPeakCluster #NoToStupidNetZero

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🚜🇬🇧 THEY SOLD THEM. WE’RE PROTECTING THEM.

Staffordshire’s County Farms estate now has 63 equipped holdings across around 6,500 acres.

Our policy is to protect the estate - supporting new farmers, food production and the rural economy.

PROTECT. PRESERVE. SUPPORT.

#ReformUK

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🛡️ Staffordshire now has its first-ever Community Safety Strategy.

Under the Reform UK administration, the 3-year plan focuses on prevention, protecting vulnerable people, safer places and clear accountability.

Safer. Stronger. More resilient.

#ReformUK #Staffordshire

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Reform UK’s administration at Staffordshire County Council has approved an updated Winter Service Policy for 2026.

No currently treated gritting routes are being removed, with improved weather monitoring helping target treatments more effectively.

#ReformUK #Staffordshire

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📈 BACKING STAFFORDSHIRE BUSINESS TO GROW

Reform UK wants Staffordshire businesses to grow, invest and create good local jobs.

Our Build and Scale programme provides practical support to boost productivity and growth.

Enterprise. Jobs. Growth.

#ReformUK #Staffordshire

[Councillor Rhys Machin @RhysMachinUK]

@SuellaBraverman Thanks for coming @SuellaBraverman 🩵👏🏼

[The National Pulse @TheNatPulse]

Reform-Led Local Government Dumps Net Zero Targets, Saves Taxpayers Over $14 Million.

Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council, led by Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party, scrapped net zero targets, saving taxpayers over £10.5 million.

PULSE POINTS

❓ WHAT HAPPENED: Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council, under the leadership of Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party, has canceled the green agenda targets it inherited to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2030, resulting in taxpayer savings exceeding £10.5 million (~$14.3m).

📰 DETAIL: The council’s decision reversed a 2019 declaration of a supposed “climate emergency” and halted planned expenditures on expensive net zero initiatives, including £2.191 million (~$3m) for electric refuse vehicles and £4.2 million (~$5.7m) for charging infrastructure. Additional savings were identified in other net zero projects.

💬 KEY QUOTE: “We have pulled the plug on the previous administration’s Net Zero spending spree and put taxpayers first. No family would rip out a perfectly good boiler in their own home when it still works, and the council should have the same common sense mentality. Every pound belongs to the taxpayer. It should support reliable services and real improvements in our towns and communities, not disappear into expensive green gimmicks and arbitrary political targets.” – Jonathan Gullis, Council Leader

🎯 IMPACT: The cancellation of net zero plans is expected to reduce projected revenue costs by £603,000 (~$822,000) over the next five years, strengthening the council’s financial stability and enabling investment in local priorities. “Instead of spending millions on ideological Net Zero projects, we want to invest responsibly in our parks, town centers, public spaces, and frontline services,” explained Council Deputy Leader Graham Shaw, pledging that Reform “will continue going through the books, challenging every assumption and refusing to sign off spending simply because the previous administration put it in a plan.”

Image by Gage Skidmore.

[Councillor Rhys Machin @RhysMachinUK]

Well done to everyone who received their GCSE results today!

I hope you got the results you wanted - but if you didn’t, it really isn’t the end of the world.

I only passed 2 of my GCSEs. Your results don’t define your future.

Keep going. ❤️

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‼️ Letter from the Leader - @martinpmurray - 17th August 2026 ‼️

Reform UK is doing the work in Staffordshire and it shows.

We will keep pushing, keep moving forward, and keep representing the great people of our great county.

#Staffordshire
#ReformUK

[Councillor Rhys Machin @RhysMachinUK]

I am incredibly grateful to Cllr @martinpmurray and the Cabinet for placing their trust in me with this responsibility.

Thank you to everyone who has supported me this far👏🏼🙏🏼

[Reform UK Staffordshire CC @reformukstaffs]

We are pleased to announce that @cllrmachin1 has been appointed as Cabinet Support Member for Finance & Devolution.

In this role, he will support Cabinet, contributing to the development of policy and supporting the delivery of key priorities across Staffordshire County Council.

[Councillor Rhys Machin @RhysMachinUK]

I am grateful to start this new position 👏🏼

[Councillor Rhys Machin @RhysMachinUK]

Statement from Reform UK SCC Leader @martinpmurray on LGR.