Anthony Hook, @libdems.org.uk opposition leader on KCC, said: “[Reform] have already descended into factions and infighting. Instead of running a council in desperate need of leadership, they are busy recreating Monty Python’s back catalogue. Next, we’ll have the Reformers Independent Group..”

Speaking to @theipaper.com just before the leak emerged, KCC leader Linden Kemkaran said: “We’re giving the voters a very good idea of what we stand for. They’re seeing people like me running the council & doing a very good job and being competent, sensible, sane, and not doing crazy, wacky things"

Move is part of a wider pivot by Labour to sell net zero to voters by stressing the financial benefits, rather than just environmental arguments.

Salary sacrifice for solar is specifically seen as a way of helping to hit Starmer’s pledge to cut bills by £300 a year.

92 Labour MPs have backed it.