Many claims of financial savings have been made in the six months since Reform UK swept to power at Kent County Council. From scrapping Net Zero ambitions to slashing long-term debt, Reform’s boasts are headline-grabbers.

There have also been reports that residents will welcome council tax rises. Unsurprisingly, critics say the claims lack detail and often don’t stack up. Simon Finlay reports…

In the late afternoon of May 2, as the scale of Reform UK’s victory at Kent County Council (KCC) had become clear, one of its youngest new members and rising stars, Maxwell Harrison, set out the party’s intentions.

He declared: “Nigel (Farage) has made it absolutely clear we are going to open the books and see where the money is going, and things that are nonsensical spending will be gone.”

There

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