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Adoption in Kent 'significantly improved': Inspectors

25 June 2013
Adoption in Kent 'significantly improved': Inspectors

More than two thirds of children are placed with families in Kent within a year, it's been revealed.

The art of regeneration

25 June 2013
The art of regeneration

Deputy Labour leader Harriet Harman full of praise for multi-million pound art gallery ahead of Kent visit

Police jobs under threat from budget cuts

23 June 2013
Police jobs under threat from budget cuts

Kent Crime Commissioner warns of fewer bobbies on the beat as axe looms over 300 officers

Kent could see an influx of 1,000 more families: Council

21 June 2013
Kent could see an influx of 1,000 more families: Council

Hundreds more families could be placed in Kent from London and other areas amid controversial welfare reforms, according to a shock report.

More police jobs could be on line

19 June 2013
More police jobs could be on line

Hundreds more Kent Police officers could lose their jobs under public sector cuts, the county's crime commissioner has warned today.

Mayor's march on Kent 'thwarted'

19 June 2013
Mayor's march on Kent 'thwarted'

Boris Johnson's bid to take over some Kent rail services is set to hit the buffers, it's been revealed.

Damning report slams police bias towards chasing targets

17 June 2013
Damning report slams police bias towards chasing targets

One in every 10 crimes committed in Kent is under-recorded, a critical report into policing has just revealed.

New twist in grammar school saga

14 June 2013
New twist in grammar school saga

Plans to build a new grammar school annexe in Sevenoaks have taken a fresh turn... after a rival school stepped in to offer places.

Call for EU probe of secret ferry deal

14 June 2013
Call for EU probe of secret ferry deal

The European Commission is being urged to look into a secret deal between Thanet council and a ferry firm that has cost taxpayers £3.3million.

Thousands of streetlights to be switched off at night

12 June 2013
Thousands of streetlights to be switched off at night

Around 70,000 streetlights could be turned off around Kent after midnight in a move even its backers call their 'Marmite project'.

KCC ditches companies... at £190k loss

12 June 2013
KCC ditches companies... at £190k loss

The plug has been pulled on a string of trading companies set up to make money for Kent County Council - at a £191,000 loss.

School staff take off 90,000 working weeks in year

11 June 2013
School staff take off 90,000 working weeks in year

Stressed-up teachers and support staff have contributed to 90,000 days taken off sick in Kent schools in just one year, it's been revealed.

Schools chiefs run up £150,000 hotel bills in just a year

10 June 2013
Schools chiefs run up £150,000 hotel bills in just a year

Kent taxpayers have been billed more than £150,000 in just a year for hotels used by education officials and teachers for training courses.

High earners offered 'premiums' to lure them to council

07 June 2013
High earners offered 'premiums' to lure them to council

Applicants for senior and six-figure salary posts at KCC are having their packages boosted to ensure posts are filled, it's been revealed.

Beer and tennis anyone?

07 June 2013
Beer and tennis anyone?

What unites wood panels, tennis, ship building and the Bahamas? Ask your MP.

Council failed blind woman in her nineties: Ombudsman

04 June 2013
Council failed blind woman in her nineties: Ombudsman

Kent County Council must carry out a far-reaching review of elderly care charges after an Ombudsman was highly critical in two separate reports.

Councillors 'blocking probe' into £3m failed ferry deal

31 May 2013
Councillors 'blocking probe' into £3m failed ferry deal

Thanet councillors have been accused of stifling questions over a secret deal with a ferry operator that has left a £3.3m funding gap.

Grammar school could set up own 11-plus

30 May 2013
Grammar school could set up own 11-plus

A grammar school is considering setting its own 11-plus test in a move that education chiefs fear could place children under more pressure.

KCC elect new chairman

24 May 2013
KCC elect new chairman

Hotson 'backing business' after taking top county council job

MPs criticise Paris Brown appointment 'fiasco'

23 May 2013
MPs criticise Paris Brown appointment 'fiasco'

A report has condemned the 'fiasco' surrounding Kent's youth tsar Paris Brown... claiming a panel failed to scrutinise her appointment.

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