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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Stanley Murphy-Johns

Plans show £60m ‘gap’ in Reform council’s budget even with council tax increase

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage visits County Hall in Maidstone (Gareth Fuller/PA) - (PA Wire)

Reform UK’s flagship local authority’s debt will increase by tens of millions of pounds, even if it puts up council tax by the maximum possible amount, according to a leaked forecast of next year’s finances.

Kent County Council (KCC) was won by Reform at local elections in May, when their candidates promised to cut council spending and keep taxes low.

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