A Reform UK councillor resigned from the party after apologising for claiming the Holocaust was a 'hoax'.

Reform UK councillor Jay Cooper, elected to Sefton Council's Bootle West ward with 705 votes in the 2026 local elections, resigned from the party days later after apologising for social media comments in which he called the Holocaust a 'hoax' and 'propaganda', following condemnation from party leader Nigel Farage.