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‘Cuts have consequences’: Warning as Kent Police asked to make £35m savings

07 February 2024
‘Cuts have consequences’: Warning as Kent Police asked to make £35m savings

The county’s police force has been asked to find £35million worth of savings in the next five years with the prospect of job losses looming.

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‘Trust in policing is still there – but there’s work to do’

06 February 2024
‘Trust in policing is still there – but there’s work to do’

Kent’s Police and Crime Commissioner has responded to a survey quizzing the county’s residents on their perceptions of the force and crime rates.

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‘Business has just died’: Pub’s trade hit by gas works

06 February 2024
‘Business has just died’: Pub’s trade hit by gas works

The landlord of a popular village pub says he has lost half of his takings after passing trade plummeted during a road closure for gas works.

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Council faces criticism over £7.6k ‘Brussels office’

05 February 2024
Council faces criticism over £7.6k ‘Brussels office’

A cash-strapped council has questions to answer over its decision to spend more than £7,000 a year renting out office space in Belgium, critics say.

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Plans to chop community warden roles to come under scrutiny

05 February 2024
Plans to chop community warden roles to come under scrutiny

Plans to slash the county’s community warden scheme to make £1 million in savings are due to be put before county hall for extra scrutiny.

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Offers made for KCC Headquarters

02 February 2024
Offers made for KCC Headquarters

The council are considering offers made for County Hall.

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More than 300 pothole insurance claims in one month

01 February 2024
More than 300 pothole insurance claims in one month

Kent’s crumbling roads saw a year-on-year increase in pothole reports as well as the highest number of insurance and drainage inquiries in years

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Figures reveal soaring cost of providing free school transport

01 February 2024
Figures reveal soaring cost of providing free school transport

New figures published by Kent County Council have laid bare the rise in cost of providing home to school transport.

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Former care home to house asylum-seeking children

31 January 2024
Former care home to house asylum-seeking children

A former care home is to be converted into a reception centre for teenage refugees.

Hundreds of jobs at risk at KCC

31 January 2024
Hundreds of jobs at risk at KCC

Hundreds of jobs at Kent County Council are at risk as the authority continues to look at ways to cut costs.

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Work on a £5m roundabout revamp to start

30 January 2024
Work on a £5m roundabout revamp to start

Work is due to begin at a major roundabout, just off the M20, which includes scrapping the traffic lights and increasing capacity by up to 60%.

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Gove hands council £11m in emergency bailout amid cash crisis

25 January 2024
Gove hands council £11m in emergency bailout amid cash crisis

The cash-strapped county council is set to receive a share of the government’s emergency bailout fund – but some warn the money is a short-term fix.

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Fine increases for ‘rule-flouting’ utility companies in charge of overrunning roadworks

25 January 2024
Fine increases for ‘rule-flouting’ utility companies in charge of overrunning roadworks

The county’s highways boss has welcomed a government plan to massively increase fines on overrrunning works by utility companies.

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CCTV linked to ‘human rights abuse’ still used at council buildings

25 January 2024
CCTV linked to ‘human rights abuse’ still used at council buildings

Kent County Council has said it cannot afford to change cameras linked to alleged human rights abuses in Chinese internment camps.

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£1m "immediate justice" blitz for street offenders

24 January 2024
£1m "immediate justice" blitz for street offenders

Almost £1m has been earmarked to combat the scourge of anti-social behaviour on the county's streets, it has been announced.

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Senior finance officer at KCC 'on leave of absence'

23 January 2024
Senior finance officer at KCC 'on leave of absence'

One of Kent County Council’s most senior and highest paid officials has taken a sudden and unexpected leave of absence from her role.

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Kent libraries ‘safe for now’ as Tories ‘retreat’

23 January 2024
Kent libraries ‘safe for now’ as Tories ‘retreat’

Kent County Council has performed a dramatic u-turn over plans it announced less than a week ago to sell off its libraries.

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Kent MPs call for emergency council funding

22 January 2024
Kent MPs call for emergency council funding

Three Kent MPs have put their names to a letter calling on the government to rethink funding levels to local authorities such as Kent County Council.

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‘Expect a rumpus over this’ – protests planned to save libraries

22 January 2024
‘Expect a rumpus over this’ – protests planned to save libraries

Demonstrations are being planned after news that up to one-third of libraries could be closed as the council looks to make savings.

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99 libraries under threat as Kent has ‘too many’

20 January 2024
99 libraries under threat as Kent has ‘too many’

Cash-strapped Kent County Council is considering selling off up to one-third of the county’s libraries in a bid to make savings.

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