Watchdog 'cancels' former NHS worker turned Reform councillor who said mental health excuses are the new back pain in sicknote culture Britain
Oliver Freeston, a 25-year-old North East Lincolnshire councillor, branded the warning email he received from a compliance officer as an 'attack on free speech'.
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