Reform UK likely to raise council tax in Kent despite promises of cost-cutting drive

Kent becomes latest local authority controlled by Nigel Farage’s party to signal its intention to raise council tax

A Reform UK-run council where the party sought to pilot drastic cost-cutting plans is going to have to raise council tax, a cabinet member has admitted.

Services at Kent county council were already “down to the bare bones”, Reform’s cabinet member for adult social care, Diane Morton, conceded. It makes Kent the latest local authority controlled by Nigel Farage’s party to signal its intention to raise council tax.