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Huge expansion of Faversham gets go-ahead
2,500 homes edge towards reality while Kent politics offers pot plant confusion, tax doublespeak and a familiar defection
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Everyone thinks they can win Cliftonville
A four-way fight in Thanet, plus by-election fallout, major planning calls and the rest of the week in Kent
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Regulator proposes £22m fine for South East Water
Supply failures, a looming Cliftonville by-election, and another far-right controversy in Swale
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Democracy, now open on weekends
A voting experiment in Tunbridge Wells, a Sevenoaks by-election, more water failures and lots more
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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
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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