Steve Reed: “Reform is a symptom of broken trust”

Steve Reed was the leader of Lambeth Council in 2008 .

He was the favourite to win the Labour nomination in Streatham but was defeated by one Chuka Umunna .

He commissioned a review of environmental regulation by Dan Corry .

Review found 3,000 examples of green tape’ entangling construction projects.

As opposition leader from 2002 , Reed fought to dispel memories of Ted Knight , the council’s former head.

Reed recruited a “feisty young campaigner” named Morgan McSweeney to help the party win control of Lambeth in 2006 .

“Loyalty and gratitude are the hallmarks of politicians,” Reed has quipped. Farmers feel completely shafted by this government’.