The ruling Conservative group at the county’s largest local authority faces an all out assault from Reform UK at the next election. The party, which returned five Westminster MPs at the general election on July 4 and denied the Tories dozens of members, aims to replicate the feat of UKIP in 2013 when it took 17 seats to become the opposition on Kent County Council (KCC). The Conservatives will go to the polls in May 2025 having been forced to make swingeing cuts to its services in order to avoid bankruptcy. Reform UK, led by Nigel Farage, will tackle issues such as the impact of housing on loc…