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Docks campaign dealt blow as Rayner rejects calls to intervene
29 October 2024The government has decided not to intervene in a controversial planning bid to convert an industrial docks site.
By-election candidates revealed after councillor removed
29 October 2024The candidates who are nominated for an upcoming by-election have been revealed.
MP calls for more investment in dementia ahead of tomorrow’s budget
29 October 2024A Kent MP says an urgent call for action is needed to combat the £42 billion cost of the country’s leading cause of death.
17,000 untaxed cars clamped in Kent by DVLA in blitz on offenders
26 October 2024The number of untaxed vehicles being clamped in Kent has rocketed in a single year, official figures have revealed.
Fears £6m ‘green campus’ will just be an ‘empty tin shed'
26 October 2024There are fears a flagship council project will end up as just ‘an empty tin shed’ as businesses have shown little interest in the plans.
Nigel Farage’s invite to Kent Tories to defect to Reform ‘falls flat’
25 October 2024Reform UK leader Nigel Farage’s claim to have invited every Conservative member at Kent County Council to join his party met the same response.
Labour councillor’s deselection is ‘opportunity for Reform UK’
25 October 2024Labour has deselected one of Kent County Council’s most colourful characters from standing at May’s election leaving Reform UK eyeing up the seat.
Kent Politics Podcast: Public give their thoughts on how to improve the NHS and foreign lorries cause Kent potholes
25 October 2024The Kent Politics Podcast discusses how international lorries are causing pothole problems and the interesting responses to the NHS consultation.
Struggling Kent council urged to ‘come clean’ over £105m pot of unspent cash
23 October 2024The county’s largest local authority is sitting on £105 million of developer money that could be spent on services such as schools.
Factory to be flattened for 120-home estate with no affordable housing
23 October 2024A factory is set to be flattened to make way for a new housing estate - but not a single home will be affordable.
Plans to give Kent £16.2m housebuilding boost sees one area receive funds for just 44 homes
22 October 2024Government plans to give housebuilding a shot in the arm have seen of the largest parts of Kent receive a smaller funding allocation.
Do you fancy being a councillor? Find out how at a Q&A
22 October 2024There will be an information event this week for those interested in standing for election to Kent County Council.
£41m link road project delayed again
21 October 2024A controversial £41m highway project has been delayed again by at least another 18 months because of potential funding hiccups.
Bid to turn care home into 21-bed HMO
21 October 2024Plans to convert a care home into a massive HMO may be dashed amid claims it would trigger traffic “bedlam”.
Foreign lorries partly to blame for Kent’s pothole peril, says transport chief
20 October 2024Council roads chief Neil Baker says that foreign lorry drivers are partly to blame for the state of the county’s potholed roads.
Kent drivers owe nearly £11m in unpaid ULEZ fines as revolt rages on
20 October 2024Most motorists hit with fines over London’s Ultra Low Emission Zone fines are still refusing to pay one year on as City Hall ramps up its enforcement.
Almost 1,500 migrants and 25 small boats arrive in Kent this week
19 October 2024Almost 1,500 migrants have arrived in the county on small boats over the past week – including more than 600 yesterday.
Labour lose new MP’s former council seat by six votes in by-election
18 October 2024A new Labour MP who stepped down from his council post to focus on his role in Westminster has seen his party lose the seat in a by-election.
By-election called after death of much-loved councillor
18 October 2024The first county council by-election since the general election has been called for next month following the sudden death of a councillor.
Kent Politics Podcast: Port checks delayed again and P&O problems for the government
18 October 2024In the latest Kent Politics Podcast, we discuss the Transport Secretary’s comments about P&O, the selling off of council properties and scam emails.
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