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Funding needed for young asylum seekers

09 January 2019
Funding needed for young asylum seekers

An extra £1.5m is needed to support young asylum seeker children who have turned 18 but remain the responsibility of the authority.

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Corbyn attacks 'farce' lorry convoy

07 January 2019
Corbyn attacks 'farce' lorry convoy

Jeremy Corbyn has lashed out at what he said was a shambolic rehearsal of plans for a former airport to be used as an emergency lorry park.

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No-deal Brexit lorry trial branded 'window dressing'

07 January 2019
No-deal Brexit lorry trial branded 'window dressing'

A dress rehearsal to test a plan to use the Manston airport site as an emergency lorry park has been branded an act of "extraordinary incompetence".

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Calls for inquiry into Seaborne contract

07 January 2019
Calls for inquiry into Seaborne contract

The European Commission is being urged to investigate the government over the £13.8m contract with a company to provide ferries to Ostend post-Brexit.

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Ferry boss comes under scrutiny

04 January 2019
Ferry boss comes under scrutiny

Questions have been asked about the role of a company boss awarded a contract to provide ferries from Kent in the event of a no-deal Brexit.

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Lorry convoy from airport to test post-Brexit plan

04 January 2019
Lorry convoy from airport to test post-Brexit plan

A trial of a government plan to use a former airport site to hold lorries in the event of disruption at the channel ports will be held on Monday.

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Home Secretary targeted for 'concerning' migrant comments

03 January 2019
Home Secretary targeted for 'concerning' migrant comments

The Home Secretary is under fire after appearing to suggest many of those seeking to get to the UK from France were not genuine asylum seekers.

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Jury to resume deliberations in MP's election expenses trial

02 January 2019
Jury to resume deliberations in MP's election expenses trial

The jury in the election expenses trial of a Tory MP and one of his top campaigners will resume their deliberations today.

Politics in Kent dominated by the B word

28 December 2018
Politics in Kent dominated by the B word

It was the year dominated by one key issue: Brexit. Our political reporter looks at the political world in 2018.

'What a PM he'd have been'

24 December 2018
'What a PM he'd have been'

Paddy Ashdown, the late former Liberal Democrat leader, has been described as a "warm and inspirational human being" by party members in the county.

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Police banned from booking holiday after Brexit

21 December 2018
Police banned from booking holiday after Brexit

Kent Police has confirmed officers are not being permitted to book any leave after the deadline date for Brexit next March - but only for a month.

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EU offers breathing space for UK exporters - but only for nine months

20 December 2018
EU offers breathing space for UK exporters - but only for nine months

EU officials have set out measures the bloc will take if Britain leaves the EU without a deal.

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Uncertainty remains with 100 days until Brexit

19 December 2018
Uncertainty remains with 100 days until Brexit

There are just 100 days until the UK leaves the European Union but there is confusion over how Kent could be affected if Britain leaves with no deal.

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Troops could be deployed in no-deal Brexit

18 December 2018
Troops could be deployed in no-deal Brexit

The government says 3,500 troops are to be placed on standby as part of Brexit emergency plans.

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Over 150k lorries dodge crossing charges

17 December 2018
Over 150k lorries dodge crossing charges

Nearly 3,000 foreign lorries are avoiding paying charges at the Dartford Crossing every week, according to newly uncovered figures.

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'Parliament should be able to say what it would agree with'

17 December 2018
'Parliament should be able to say what it would agree with'

A second senior Kent Tory MP says Parliament should be able to say what option for leaving the EU it wants if Theresa May’s Brexit deal is rejected.

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'Consider all Brexit options if May deal rejected'

15 December 2018
'Consider all Brexit options if May deal rejected'

All Brexit options should be on the table - including 'No Deal - if Parliament votes against the PM's deal, says a Kent MP

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MP will have to wait weeks for verdict

13 December 2018
MP will have to wait weeks for verdict

Kent MP Craig Mackinlay will have to wait until the new year to learn his fate in his election expenses trial.

May survives leadership vote

12 December 2018
May survives leadership vote

The Prime Minister has seen off a vote of confidence in her leadership after criticism about her handling of Brexit.

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'She is unlikely to go without a fight'

12 December 2018
'She is unlikely to go without a fight'

Our political editor Paul Francis has provided expert analysis on the upcoming vote of confidence in Prime Minister Theresa May.

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