STEVE Reed is a “two-faced bully” and a “b*****d”, a council leader blasted.

Kay Mason Billig hit out at after he

Steve Reed, Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, smiling.Minister Steve Reed has been slammed by a council leaderCredit: Alamy

Mr Reed put off polls in 20 areas, including .

But in a major U-turn the elections will now go ahead after threatened to take the government to court.

At a council meeting on Tuesday, Ms Billig slammed the chaotic uncertainty.

The Norfolk County Council Leader said: “I can now say what I like about the Secretary of State, I’ve never met him or spoken to him but I know him to be a two-faced bully who doesn’t care about Norfolk, who doesn’t care about local government, who doesn’t even care about his own Labour councillors.”

She added: “I’d really like to quote Rik Mayall at this point, what an utter, utter b*****d.”

claimed Reed “acted illegally” over the abandoned plans,

Speaking to reporters, the Reform UK leader said: “I think the principle of no taxation without representation is a very well-known one through political history, and that’s what was happening here.

“We’d even seen a few people starting to refuse to pay their council tax up and down the country.

“But what I do think now is the minister, Steve Reed, has clearly acted illegally, and given that the Government’s now given in, knew they’d lose to us in court, I think Steve Reed’s question as a minister should now be debated.”

leader also hit out at the “zombie Government” for U-turning once again.

She wrote on X: “Predictable chaos from a useless government that cannot make basic decisions.”