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Calls to save homelessness service from KCC cuts

Calls to save homelessness service from KCC cuts

01 February 2022

Concerns have been raised about a plan to axe a service for homeless people just as more residents are at risk of losing their home.

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'Does the Prime Minister think I was a fool?'

'Does the Prime Minister think I was a fool?'

31 January 2022

A Tory MP told the Commons his family grieved for his Kent grandmother without hugging, in the same month parties allegedly took place at No 10.

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Downing Street lockdown breaches report published

Downing Street lockdown breaches report published

31 January 2022

A redacted version of the report into No 10 lockdown breaches has been published and a Kent MP says the PM is not the right person to be in charge.

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Dragons' Den star backs MP as future party leader

Dragons' Den star backs MP as future party leader

31 January 2022

Dragons' Den star Deborah Meaden has backed Kent MP Tom Tugendhat to be the next Conservative leader.

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MP 'carefully considering future in party amid obsessive harassment'

MP 'carefully considering future in party amid obsessive harassment'

30 January 2022

Kent's only Labour MP is considering her future in the party - amid "obsessive harassment" from left-wingers.

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Bungling council didn't know it owned toilet block for 12 years

Bungling council didn't know it owned toilet block for 12 years

30 January 2022

Public toilets that were closed more than a decade ago remained in council ownership in error instead of being sold after a "genuine oversight".

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MP steps in human poo in layby on Brexit trip to Kent

MP steps in human poo in layby on Brexit trip to Kent

28 January 2022

An MP on a trip to Kent experienced the traffic difficulties post Brexit first-hand when he stepped in human poo in a layby.

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'Met Police have created farce over partygate'

'Met Police have created farce over partygate'

28 January 2022

Scotland Yard has created a "farce" by asking the partygate probe to make “minimal reference” to incidents it is investigating, says a Kent MP.

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Council braced for legal clash with developer

Council braced for legal clash with developer

27 January 2022

A council has told the developer behind a 10,000-home 'garden village' project to prove why it thinks a second junction on the M2 is needed.

'Botched' green homes grant scheme flops in Kent

'Botched' green homes grant scheme flops in Kent

25 January 2022

A government grant scheme set up to pay towards making homes more energy efficient helped just 150 households in Kent.

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Harder to stop new developments as housing targets missed

Harder to stop new developments as housing targets missed

24 January 2022

Speculative housing schemes across several districts are now more likely to be given the go-ahead, after councils failed to hit new homes targets.

Kent MP backs calls for probe into ex-minister's sacking claims

Kent MP backs calls for probe into ex-minister's sacking claims

23 January 2022

An ex-minister's claims over her sacking should be investigated, a Kent MP has said.

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Boris Johnson holds on...just

Boris Johnson holds on...just

21 January 2022

Partygate rumbles on and some MPs have finally shared their thoughts on it alll. Here's the latest from our political editor.

New Kent centre 'ready' to process asylum seekers

New Kent centre 'ready' to process asylum seekers

21 January 2022

A former MOD site in Kent is ready to start processing asylum seekers arriving in the UK, the Home Office has confirmed.

AA blasted in row over 'not prioritising lone women'

AA blasted in row over 'not prioritising lone women'

20 January 2022

A breakdown recovery firm has been at the centre of a row on Twitter over whether lone women should be given priority for roadside assistance.

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Tracey Emin asks 'shameful' No 10 to remove her artwork

Tracey Emin asks 'shameful' No 10 to remove her artwork

20 January 2022

Artist Tracey Emin has demanded that Downing Street takes down an artwork she gifted to the government, saying the 'current situation is shameful'.

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Fears pier sale to Uber Boat will cause 'monopoly' on river

Fears pier sale to Uber Boat will cause 'monopoly' on river

20 January 2022

A row is brewing over the takeover of a town's pier by a private company.

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Inflation at highest since '92 as cost-of-living crisis looms

Inflation at highest since '92 as cost-of-living crisis looms

19 January 2022

Inflation is at its highest for 30 years, with petrol prices at record levels and energy prices soaring as a cost-of-living crisis looms.

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MP blasts plans to retain booking system at recycling centres

MP blasts plans to retain booking system at recycling centres

19 January 2022

An MP has criticised plans to keep a booking system in place at household recycling centres in Kent - despite widespread support from the public.

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Civic funeral in honour of former mayor

Civic funeral in honour of former mayor

18 January 2022

The civic funeral for a long-serving and much-respected former councillor, mayor and teacher has been held in the town she served.

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