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How did a masked far-right mob block Dover for hours without a single arrest?
Plus the dramatic collapse of Kent's council reorganisation, a Tory split at County Hall, and the week across the county
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Right to Choose stops feeling like a choice
Kent and Medway spent £28.9m on autism and ADHD assessments, then tightened provider activity, with patients left in limbo
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Nine more Green votes were enough to take a Tory seat in Dover
Plus who put County Hall forward for housing, a communications mishap at KCC, and the rest of the week across Kent
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From 'stop the boats' to expelling 15 million people
A far-right march on County Hall uses false claims about Kent County Council to demand the removal of 15 million people from Britain
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International rail competition is coming, but not to Kent
Plus Dartford drivers paying to go nowhere, Whitstable reaches peak oyster and an anti-migrant protest at a closed Pizza Hut
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Kent’s drought and hosepipe bans expose a messy water map
Five drinking water suppliers, disconnected supply areas and decades of mergers leave neighbouring Kent households subject to different hosepipe rules
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Three versions of the right fight for the White Cliffs
Plus a £50,000 toilet saga, Greens and Reform against solar farms, a delayed Leas Lift and the battle over a Walmer sauna.
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Kent’s fire cuts defeated as politicians fight for credit
Station closures defeated, but the underlying problems remain, plus Kent's four new councils begin to take shape
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The Northfleet plan that promised almost everything
Plus Margate’s art boom, Dover’s unwanted political spotlight, a critical incident at East Kent hospitals and Costco coming to Aylesford
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DOLGE is dead. Long live DOLGE.
KCC replaces its flagship efficiency department with a council-wide way of working with no savings target, no new powers and closed meetings at the centre
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KCC’s finance and payroll overhaul heads for £38m
Another £7.5m is needed, with payroll still in testing and the system’s future undecided
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Kent’s grammar school system has a £7.2m maths problem
Plus a council stretching from Folkestone to Sheppey, six-hour border queues, Southern Water bosses facing trial and a far-right damp squib in Dover