The Reform UK leadership at Kent County Council (KCC) is set to cut the number of committees to save £75,000 a year.

The changes are to be presented to a specialist panel next week before going before full council next Thursday (December 18).

The authority currently hosts 120-150 committee meetings a year and this will be reduced by around 15.

Opposition parties have been critical of cancellations early in the Reform administration and pointed to thinner agendas ever since.

One Conservative claimed Reform is trying to avoid scrutiny and are “out of their depth”.

KCC said it wanted to “streamline” the system and eradicate duplication while shaving support costs, allowances and employing AI-generated minutes to generate the savings. Some committees will merge.

However, all the main com

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