A major English county council is considering proposals to begin sittings with the Lord’s Prayer. Earlier this month Kent County Council’s Selection and Member Services Committee voted to recommend procedural changes under which the prayer would be recited at the start of full council meetings and the national anthem sung at their conclusion. The proposals will now go before the full council.
Kent is the largest county council in England by population, serving around 1.6 million people, and came under Reform UK control following the local elections in May last year. The proposals emerged during wider discussions about procedural changes at the authority and quickly exposed divisions between Reform UK councillors and the opposition groups.
