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Kent County Council has set a low council tax level for the coming financial year, but is also pressing local councils for a bigger share of car parking revenues which Green Party prospective European Candidate for the European Elections Steve Dawe claims they are not entitled.

Mr Dawe says: "Kent County Council (KCC) is keeping council tax down in the next financial year from April, but expecting local councils to give it more money from car parking charges.

"Since local councils have been starved of funds by the Government, this is quite inappropriate.

"If KCC wants more funds, it should look at the Kent Local Transport Plan and abandon all the minor road schemes where it is the primary funding body. It should also abandon its support for the expansion of airports in Kent, which will lead to pressure for more spending on road access.

"KCC cannot resist climate change, which is its stated policy, unless it drops its support for road building and for airport expansion. Our council tax should not be used to support environmentally-damaging projects."