Households set to be hit by 5% common council tax rise

At the time, Roger Gough, Conservative chief of Kent County Council and CCN’s spokesman for kids’s providers, stated: “This month’s Budget confirmed that the public finances remain extremely tight. Therefore we need to have an honest discussion with all main political parties as we head into the general election on what councils can reasonably be expected to deliver, in a climate where substantive extra funds are unlikely and both demand and costs are set to rise.”