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Teaching unions downplay concerns over grade inflation after the government confirms teacher assessment will be used for pupils' marks.
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A new way of calculating council tax would save hard pressed families hundreds of pounds a year and a campaign group wants it adopted.
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Councils have had to draw millions of pounds from their rainy day funds - and it's feared without help they may be in serious financial trouble.
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Education chiefs have warned of soaring numbers of children with mental health conditions.
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Our political editor Paul Francis rounds up the latest goings on at Westminster and Kent County Council headquarters this week.
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Care minister and Kent MP Helen Whately was left stumped during a radio interview in which she was unable to say what a new nurse earned.
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An FOI has revealed Kent County Council's costs for removing unpopular pop-up cycle lanes installed during the coronavirus crisis.
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An academy chief believes classes could be welcomed back more safely by using marquees.
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There have been very few Brexit queues as police officers from 33 forces come to help out in Kent.
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A report from more than a decade ago forecast how a pandemic might hit Kent - and its predictions are very accurate.
A Tory revolt fails to amount to anything, a hike in council tax and another health shake-up - we round-up this week's political news in Kent.
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The government is paying hundreds of thousands in rent every month for using a railway station car park for customs checks on cross-Channel lorries.
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Two county councillors have lost the party whip over their opposition to a proposed 5% increase in council tax.
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A minister has refused to say how long a barracks will be used to house asylum seekers despite mounting criticism and an outbreak of Covid-19.
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The government has paid the owner of land being used as a Brexit lorry park almost £6m in rent.
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County council, crime commissioner and district council polls in Kent will go ahead despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
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The transport minister says Kent gridlock fears after Brexit have been proved unfounded, with freight levels around 15% lower than normal.
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Lorries lose their way, vaccination hubs open their doors - the week in politics.
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An MP has labelled anti-vaccine campaigners "barking mad" but refused to criticise a colleague who told them to "persist" in their lockdown protest.
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From High Court battles to Twitter scandals, the world of police commissioners has been pretty dramatic for one few seem to care about.
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