It appears that Reform UK members can not only say the wrong thing but also do the wrong thing. Breaking into Datchet Hall at night is a good example and the Police Crime number is 43260541823.
Power hungry Cllr David John Buckley (Reform UK) – in his position as Chair of Datchet Parish Council – is continuing his repeated and futile attempts to hijack the assets of the DRCCT. DPC tried in the 1970s’ and failed. These valuable assets belong to people of Datchet – not Datchet Parish Council. There is legislation that prevents conflict of interest between local authorities – LGA 1972(s139)3. Datchet Parish Council has no lease or licence and consequently no right to use a building (No 1 Allen Way) belonging to the DRCCT as a Parish Office and at no cost. Datchet Parish Council should not be receiving a self-benefit from the use of DRCCT assets and I have notified the External Auditor. The DPC Statement dated April 2025 names the Councillors involved as follows: These are the DPC members that voted for this action – Chairman David Buckley, Darren Sanders, Caroline Wise, Andrew Clemins, Cllr Young, Cllr Bacon, Cllr Loveridge and Cllr Whelan. (Glover resigned)
The DRCCT website states as follows: The Trust Deed of 21 March 1967 specifies that the assets shall be held “in perpetuity as a non-sectarian and non-political place of recreation… for the advantage or benefit of the said residents… without distinction of political or other opinion.” A Parish Council — an elected political body — cannot be the trustee of a non-political trust without creating an irresolvable conflict at the heart of the charity’s governance. That is not an argument invented by the current trustees. It is what the founding document says, in plain English, and what the Charity Commission’s rejection of the 1977 application effectively confirmed.