By ajsmith@thekmgroup.co.uk (Alan Smith) A last-ditch attempt to save 38 bus services across Kent from the axe has failed. Kent County Council’s cabinet member for transport, Cllr David Brazier, took the decision in July to withdraw subsidies paid to private operators to run services which are not commercially viable. It would save the authority £2.2m from the £6m bus subsidy budget, but sparked outrage from bus users and opposition councillors at KCC. A public consultation prompted 2,562 responses from resident, plus 55 individual letters and responses from four MPs. A request for the decisio…