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Damage bills mount from Kent’s lamppost flags
FOIs reveal the cost of Kent’s lamppost flag policy and what happens when risks go unchecked
Ed Jennings
Local news bore. Editor Kent Current and Local Authority.
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The week the water stopped
A week of dry taps, false deadlines and emergency queues reveals a broken system and a town running out of patience
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Maidstone leader hit with no confidence challenge
Plus Reform set to raise council tax, Goudhurst sees off smugglers, and is Kent really the largest council in the country?
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Is Kent facing a bird flu winter?
Plus Lower Thames Crossing to get underway next year, news in brief, and more
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Kent's finances sharply worsen
Plus local government reorganisation reaches endgame, latest financial declarations of Kent MPs, news in brief, and more
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Kent to lose its Police Commissioner in 2028
Plus the mega-solar farms of the future, senior staff at Manston suspended, more Reform expulsions, and lots more
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The final countdown to a new Kent
Plus what is happening at KCC this week, a Canterbury by-election, news in brief, and more
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Fire authority in limbo as Reform suspensions stall oversight
Plus Faversham flag wars, Thanet's last youth centre, latest financial interests of Kent MPs, a Canterbury by-election, and lots more
Flags spark festive stand-off
Plus what's going on at KCC this week, a chaotic council meeting, news in brief, and more
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56 children vanished after arriving alone in Kent
Plus assessing Reform's running of Kent, a Dartford defection, new truck stop proposed, and more
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A win for Virgin, but not for Kent
Plus Reform fractures deepen in Kent, two very different by-elections, news in brief, and more
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Two councillors expelled as County Hall turmoil deepens
Plus two by-elections this week, a new solar conflict, and a head-spinning song and dance routine