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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Ben Quinn Political correspondent

Reform UK accused of betraying election pledges after council tax rises

Nigel Farage with members of Kent county council, which has proposed a council tax increase of 3.99%.
Nigel Farage with members of Kent county council, which has proposed a council tax increase of 3.99%. Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PA

Nigel Farage’s Reform UK has been accused of betraying election promises to cut council tax after several councils it controls said they planned to increase rates close to the maximum allowed.

They include Kent county council – the party’s flagship local authority and one viewed by it as the “shop window” for what a Reform-led government would look like – which has proposed an increase of 3.99%.

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