Kent’s largest local authority has questions to answer over its decision to spend more than £7,000 a year on office space in Brussels, critics say. At a time when Kent County Council (KCC) is seeking more than 200 redundancies in an effort to save tens of millions of pounds, it is paying 9,000 euros (£7,600) on rent in the Belgian city. The cash-strapped Conservative-run authority contends it needs the facility to carry out “collaborative” work with European partners to secure external funding. But one opposition councillor accused the leadership of “profligacy” and urged KCC to spend taxpayer…