Nigel Farage’s Reform UK has launched a legal challenge against the government over local election delays, telling the High Court postponement risks undermining campaigns to run councils.

The government is to postpone a fifth of English council elections that were supposed to take place this May.

The populist Reform party is suing the UK government, challenging proposals that may delay local elections, according to a court order.

Local Government Reorganisation (LGR) is set to shake up local politics so comprehensively that Peterborough City Council ...