A NEWLY established political party in Wiltshire has released its manifesto with ambitions to supplant the traditional parties, and bring change to Britain.

Reform, has vowed to field a candidate in every Wiltshire seat in the 2017 council elections.

Their ambition doesn't stop there, with a grander aim for each parliamentary constituency to have a Reform candidate in place by the 2020 general election.

With the motto ‘Reform has picked a side. We’re on your side.’ The Wiltshire party has set out an agenda which draws attention to some pressing local issues including:

Library cuts, child protection and social care, education, housing and transport.

Reform has pledged to counter some of these issues by:

Opening an inclusive review of library services to learn from the best practices nationally and how it can be applied to Wiltshire.

Halving councillor allowances and using the savings to fund better protection services.

Increasing the amount of time teachers spend in classrooms, and abolishing performance management and performance related pay systems.

Reducing council rents by 10% and not enforcing the bedroom tax.

Bus services will be brought back under council control, serving communities and not shareholders.

With the recent turmoil and changes in the political landscape, Reform are confident of adding their voice to the debate.

According to one prominent member of the local government, these ambitions will difficult to achieve.

Salisbury St Peter councillor, Richard Clewer said: "Some of the things that they have talked about, are what we would all like to do, but there isn't enough money to do it."

On the pledge to reduce councillor allowances, Mr Clewer said: " By cutting allowances, the range of councillors would in fact narrow down to a certain type of individual.

"We need to be represented by a broad range of people, there needs to be a variety."

If you would like to see the manifesto in full, then please visit reformtogether.org