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Kent’s SEND reforms collide with the people expected to deliver them
Specialist teachers walk out as Kent’s right-wing councillor churn continues
Ed Jennings
Local news bore. Editor Kent Current and Local Authority.
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KCC councillor jailed, triggering by-election
Cliftonville will head to the polls as Kent wrestles with budgets and infrastructure
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Kent becomes a test site for Restore
A new hard-right brand takes seats at County Hall
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Turner Contemporary funding becomes the next Reform fight
Plus a Sevenoaks by-election, more water disruption and fallout from the Canterbury Odeon fire
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Kent’s budget vote was easy, but the numbers are not
Reform has passed its first budget at Kent County Council, with a 3.99% council tax rise and persistent questions over how long the council can rely on reserves to balance the books... Kent gets its first Reform budget as the reserves question hangs over it “Today, we are all
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Reform’s first KCC budget and the numbers it can’t escape
A balanced budget that relies on thinning reserves, undelivered savings and a steadily narrowing margin for error
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Questions grow over Dreamland’s Scenic Railway closure
A heritage row in Margate, plus planning news, a disputed car park, water woes, and more
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Kent faces £15 police council tax rise
Funding pressures meet neighbourhood policing promises, and a council meeting again derailed by far-right disruption
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Kent’s “cuppa and a chat” got awkward
An awkward show of cooperation at County Hall, plus council meetings, protests, planning news and the latest news from across Kent
Kent’s water crisis isn’t over yet
The taps are running again, but the arguments, investigations and political rows are only just getting started
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A rescue sanctuary meets the planning system
Enforcement action, water failures and political defections put power and accountability under pressure across Kent
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KCC balances the books. For one year.
A bridged budget at County Hall, storm damage across Kent, and another water crisis unfolds