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Reform party, now running Kent County Council are likely to raise the rate Council tax.

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M0nica Mon 06-Oct-25 15:37:24

This was reported in the Financial Times this morning. Reform won control of Kent County Council on a platform of cutting council tax by eliminating wasteful spending.

They have had to admit that there wasn't any waste to cut and far from reducing the council tax rate next spring they may well have to increase it.

They said most of their spending was on statutory services like social services, where it was not possible to reduce what services they offered.

Well thats one Reform council failing to deliver on their promises, that just leaves 5 more to make the same discovery.

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keepingquiet Sun 08-Mar-26 09:45:33

Old thread

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Maremia Sun 08-Mar-26 09:54:51

Perhaps still relevant?
Now that Farage is sucking up to Trump?

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adilarshad475543 Wed 18-Mar-26 14:40:07

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MandL Wed 18-Mar-26 15:59:44

Well, we’ve just had our Council tax bill through. KCC has increased the bill to the maximum of 5%.
Not quite what was promised…..

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Chocolatelovinggran Wed 18-Mar-26 17:49:41

Those new £600,000 parking spaces for Important Councillors have to be funded somehow....

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mae13 Wed 18-Mar-26 19:00:57

Lancs County Council overwhelmingly fell to the Reform Party. One of their very first moves was to announce the closure of 5 care homes and several day centres.
Although the care homes have been given a reprieve, for the time being, the residents and relatives must feel as if they're treading on egg shells waiting to see what happens next.

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sixandahalf Wed 18-Mar-26 19:10:25

Grantanow

It's not so easy running the show instead of mouthing off and rioting.

Correct.

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000faisalkhan8888 Mon 30-Mar-26 16:09:32

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