Kent County Council

And it also triggered, she says, a simultaneous parking session at my previous stay using the same app in Kent.

I contacted the company to complain, not expecting a win, but within days, Kent Council contacted me.

and issued a £5.60 refund, which I never expected to see.

So there we go.

Maybe there's a little bit of a change in approach.

That one about publicly owned car parking charges with Kent Council.

Well, I assume it was through Kent Council themselves, as Sarah describes there.

We're hearing about these new changes of private parking charges that are kicking in now.

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Today we welcome 24-year-old Restore Britain councillor Oliver Bradshaw, who represents Maidstone Central at Kent County Council.

Welcome.

Thank you much for having me on.

It's just not a way to run a council.

And I know for a fact there are plenty of members still in reform that are quietly keeping their heads down and just staying under the parapet and not complaining.

But I know many members of Kent County Council from reform are just not happy with how it's run.

But they attempted to make an example of the seven who they kicked out, essentially, by dragging us through the dirt and, you know, essentially just doing everything they can to make us look really bad.

Well, Lyndon Kemkaran is the SEND spokesperson for the County Council Network.

She's also the Reform UK leader of Kent County Council.

And she told me what she is seeing at county council level.

I think what we're seeing happening up and down the country is that parents are not panicking.

... and she managed to raise enough money for me to go to this private school with a special ... dyslectic department.

She managed to raise enough money for about three months with the hope that Kent County Council would, would be able to see that I was making progress, and then cover the costs from then on.

Then they would come in and fund, yeah.

Yes.

Golden handshake.

That sounds exaggerated, but that's what happened with the Kent Council, wasn't it? They said, I think it was Kent, they said, we're not having press here anymore because they're asking too many questions.

Which is a classic sign of authoritarianism.

I think that's the new term we should be using.

So, you know, people I know are naturally drawn to Reform because they think they're giving the other two parties a kick in.

But you look at Reform and Kent County Council, it has been a disaster.

Reform will do well in Medway.

Cuts in the hall in by-election recently, 24% swing.

And now we, uh, manage to raise enough money to open judicial case.

We're doing this against the Count- Kent County Council because this is one of the most important piece of puzzle in the agenda, so we're still waiting for the-

Canterbury.

Why, why Canterbury?

No, no, uh, Kent County Council.

But it is-

Oh, Kent

But why, why is Kent important particularly?