Nigel Farage’s party won a barnstorming victory in previously-Tory Kent in May’s local elections, alongside nine other county councils, in part over promises to slash spending. (Photo by Lia Toby/Getty Images)

Reform UK -run Kent county council is likely to raise council tax next year, with a cabinet member suggesting that a five per cent hike is on the cards.

Diane Morton, the council lead for adult social care, told the Financial Times : “We’ve got more demand than ever before and it’s growing.”

“We just want more money,” said Morton, adding that local services are already “down to the bare bones”.

Morton appeared to confirm a ballpark figure for tax hikes, saying “I think it’s going to be five per cent” to raise an estimated £50m.

A fellow Kent council cabinet member told the br

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