Kent county councillors vote for 1.99% council tax rise
A council tax rise of 1.99% has been voted through by Kent County Council.
The increase, the first in three years, will mean mean an average £30 a year extra on a band D property from April.
Fifty county councillors voted in favour of the plans, 24 voted against them and six abstained.
The authority said the increase would raise an additional £10m to help it manage further cuts in government grants.
The UK's inflation rate currently stands at 2.7%.