Kent County Council has been spending taxpayers’ cash covering TV licence fee for illegal migrants, Reform UK’s Doge chief Zia Yusuf has claimed.
In a bombshell announcement, Yusuf said: “Kent County Council is using taxpayer money to pay for TV licenses for asylum seekers.
“Remember that next time you are asked to pay for yours.”
After Yusuf claimed taxpayers were footing the £174.50 bill per asylum seeker, Reform UK chief whip Lee Anderson said: “You couldn’t make this up.”
Yusuf, who quit as Reform UK’s chairman before returning to the fold 48 hours later, is expected to make further announcements over the coming month.
He has already met with council chiefs in Kent and West Northamptonshire, later pledging all Reform-run councils will face a major financial inspection.
Kent is considered to be on the frontline of the ongoing migrant crisis, with thousands of asylum seekers crossing the Channel to reach the Garden of England since 2020.
GB News also recently revealed how Kent County Council had been using taxpayers’ cash to rent office space almost 200 miles away in Brussels.
Reform’s Kent County Council leader Linden Kemkaran later suggested she could look to end taxpayer-funded English lessons for migrants, instead looking at cheaper alternatives such as Duolingo.
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Home Secretary Yvette Cooper will today announce a full statutory national inquiry into the grooming gangs scandal.
Cooper, who was accused by Reform and the Tories of dragging her feet after initially dismissing calls for a nationwide probe, will confirm Sir Keir Starmer’s inquiry following recommendations made by Baroness Louise Casey’s 200-page report.
The inquiry will look into whether state agencies failed to do more to protect largely white girls from predominantly Pakistani rape gangs.
Cooper will also announce a nationwide policing operation to track down perpetrators of child abuse.
The National Crime Agency will oversee the operation and work alongside Britain’s police forces going forward.