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Council boss to leave role with immediate effect

Council boss to leave role with immediate effect

09 June 2022

The chief executive of a council, which was found to have failed to handle bullying accusations last year, has resigned from her role.

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Pool plans dropped from council's £20m regeneration bid

Pool plans dropped from council's £20m regeneration bid

08 June 2022

A council has dropped plans to include a new swimming pool in its bid for £20m of the government's levelling-up fund because it wasn't 'realistic'.

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'End the self-indulgent navel-gazing' say local Tory chiefs after ballot

'End the self-indulgent navel-gazing' say local Tory chiefs after ballot

07 June 2022

The fallout from a vote of no confidence continues with warnings from party activists that rebel MPs needed to put up or shut up, or risk civil war.

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Kent MP accuses BBC of making PM 'look like Hannibal Lecter'

Kent MP accuses BBC of making PM 'look like Hannibal Lecter'

07 June 2022

One of the county's Tory MPs has defended Boris Johnson and attacked the media for damaging the Prime Minister's reputation.

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'Alex was nothing short of a lion-heart, a hero'

'Alex was nothing short of a lion-heart, a hero'

06 June 2022

Heartbroken staff and students have paid tribute to a 'gentle, kind' law lecturer following his sudden death, aged 46.

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No confidence? 'No comment'

No confidence? 'No comment'

06 June 2022

All of Kent's Tory MPs have been contacted by KentOnline and asked how they intended to vote in this evening's ballot.

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Boris Johnson awaits results of confidence vote

Boris Johnson awaits results of confidence vote

06 June 2022

Boris Johnson will soon discover his fate after a vote of no confidence was held in Westminster.

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New committee system is 'unfair'

New committee system is 'unfair'

05 June 2022

A council leader has dismissed complaints after a councillor slammed his new committee system as being 'unfair'.

Row over parish councillors living in France

Row over parish councillors living in France

05 June 2022

Villagers are angry that two parish councillors, now living in France, have not resigned.

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'While you were partying I was at my uncle's funeral crying'

'While you were partying I was at my uncle's funeral crying'

01 June 2022

A Kent girl. 12 , has scolded “disgusting” Boris Johnson for his partygate actions in a letter to Number 10.

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Ex-mayor predicts more Tory losses as party loses control of council

Ex-mayor predicts more Tory losses as party loses control of council

01 June 2022

A former Conservative mayor who jumped ship less than a day after hanging up his chains says the party will face more losses unless changes are made.

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Passing on the chain

Passing on the chain

31 May 2022

A new mayor has picked a dementia charity as her borough's charity for 2022.

Chancellor's windfall u-turn falls flat with some MPs

Chancellor's windfall u-turn falls flat with some MPs

27 May 2022

Our political editor Paul Francis gives his take on the week in politics.

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Council edits recording to remove slur against leader

Council edits recording to remove slur against leader

27 May 2022

An audio recording of a fiery council meeting has been edited by the local authority to remove allegations levelled at its leader.

The cost of living support grants: How much will I get and how?

The cost of living support grants: How much will I get and how?

26 May 2022

Here is what the Chancellor Rishi Sunak's £15bn cost-of-living support package means for you.

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Leader to step down after 24 years on council

Leader to step down after 24 years on council

26 May 2022

A long-serving councillor is to retire after more than two decades in the job.

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All households to get £400 amid cost of living crisis

All households to get £400 amid cost of living crisis

26 May 2022

All households will get £400 as Rishi Sunak caved in to pressure and applied a windfall tax on energy companies' soaring profits.

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Council's deputy leader ordered to apologise

Council's deputy leader ordered to apologise

26 May 2022

War of words in planning meeting ends with council's new deputy leader being ordered to 'say sorry' to two rivals.

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Home Office accused of cover up over dumped dinghies

Home Office accused of cover up over dumped dinghies

26 May 2022

The government has refused to disclose how much it has spent on storing boats used by criminal gangs to ferry asylum seekers across the Channel.

PM's fate in hands of MPs after 'partygate' report published

PM's fate in hands of MPs after 'partygate' report published

25 May 2022

Our political editor Paul Francis gives his take on the Sue Gray report and what it means for the under fire Prime Minister.

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