REFORM UK’s flagship local authority has passed its first budget despite official warnings of long-term financial risks posed by a lack of tax revenue.Opposition parties at Kent County Council warned the 3.99 per cent council tax increase would leave reserves “dangerously low” and the authority’s “highest ever exposure to financial risk” totalling more than £410 million on the risk register. The levy is 1 per cent less than the limit before a referendum is required.

REFORM UK’s flagship local authority has passed its first budget despite official warnings of long-term financial risks posed by a lack of tax revenue.

Opposition parties at Kent County Council warned the 3.99 per cent council tax increase would leave reserves “dangerously low” and the authority’s “highest ever exposure to financial risk” totalling more than £410 million on the risk register.

The levy is 1 per cent less than the limit before a referendum is required.

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