Kent Council Tax to Exceed £1 Billion Under Reform UK Leadership
Kent County Council is set to raise council tax by the maximum allowed 5% next year, making it the latest Reform UK-controlled authority to backtrack on promises of [...]
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Are Folkestone’s Bus Stops Breaching the Equality Act 2010?
The closure of Folkestone’s 70-year-old bus station and the hurried switch to temporary roadside stops in Middelburg Square has sparked anger from elderly and disabled [...]
KCC’s £50m Debt Repayment Misses the Real Target: £90m LOBO Loans
Kent County Council’s Reform UK administration has celebrated wiping £50 million off the council’s long-term debt. It sounds bold. It photographs well. But judged [...]
Reform Led Kent County Council Rescinds Climate Emergency Amid Disinformation Claims
Kent County Council, now controlled by Reform UK, voted today to rescind its 2019 Climate Emergency declaration at a full council meeting in Maidstone. The motion was [...]
Is this surprising? UK Local Government: About 75% of Britons Feel Little or No Influence Over Local Decisions
Only 23% of Britons say they have any influence over decisions in their local area. About three-quarters (75%) say they have little or no influence over local decisions; 23% [...]
Cllr David Wimble: Undeclared Company Directorships, Media Influence, and Years of ‘Talking Rubbish
Cllr David William Wimble (pictured)– known to many as the voice of local radio and for so long the pen behind The Looker & The Hurricane has long been one of Kent [...]
Kent County Council Still Rents £60k Brussels Office Under Reform UK as £140m Cuts Loom
Kent County Council (KCC) is facing renewed criticism after it emerged the authority continues to rent office space in Brussels – nearly five years after the UK formally [...]
Kent Council Under Fire for Investing in Fossil Fuels and Arms Firms Linked to Gaza Conflict
As the climate crisis intensifies and war rages in Gaza, scrutiny is mounting over how public institutions invest our money. New analysis reveals Kent County Council (KCC) [...]
Kent County Council Invests £5.3 Million in BAE Systems Arms Manufacturer Supplying Weapons Used in Gaza
As of 31 March 2025, Kent County Council held £5,363,935 in shares in BAE Systems, the UK’s largest arms manufacturer. The investment is drawing renewed scrutiny amid [...]
Folkestone Library Closure: Historic Grace Hill Building Up for Sale After £2.9m Repair Costs and Community Protests
Folkestone’s Grade II Listed Library at 2 Grace Hill abruptly closed in late 2022 after severe water ingress rendered the Grade II listed building unsafe. Kent County [...]
Kent County Council SEND Crisis: Private School Placements Surge 28%
The cost to Kent County Council (KCC) of placing children with Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCPs) in private schools has surged dramatically. New figures show a 28% [...]
Explained: How Local Councils Raise Council Tax Without a Referendum
What happened to residents’ right to vote on ‘excessive’ council tax increases? And what does that have to do with the growing number of councils in financial crisis? [...]
Everything Adds Up Except the Future: How Kent’s £1.25bn Budget Balances on Delay, Denial and Disappearing Millions
Kent County Council’s Draft Statement of accounts 2024/25 have arrived — spreadsheeted, formatted, and radiating confidence — with what appears to be a balanced and [...]
Folkestone & Hythe District Council Plans 100% Council Tax Reduction: £1.75m Shortfall Looms
Folkestone & Hythe District Council is preparing to launch a public consultation on a bold plan that could restore 100% Council Tax Reduction (CTR) for the district’s [...]
Refugee Turned NHS Nurse: The Case for Investing in English Classes, Not Cutting Them
Why cutting English classes for refugees is a false economy—and how one NHS nurse proves it. Rishan T (pictured) is not here to judge. She is here to care. At 26, Rishan is [...]
Dumb, Dangerous and in Charge: Reform UK’s Procurement Tantrum Should Terrify Every Voter in Kent
What happens when you hand the toolkit of the state to people who don’t even know what the spanners are for? In Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Robert Pirsig [...]
Reform UK’s £140m Cuts at Kent County Council: Are the Most Vulnerable Paying the Price?
Kent County Council (KCC) is undergoing one of the most far-reaching restructures in its history. Following Reform UK’s dramatic electoral win in May 2025, the new [...]
Councils Blocking Public Right to Object: £8.8 Billion Fraud Risk Exposed
Each year, councils across England are legally required to throw open their financial books to public scrutiny. It’s not a token gesture — it’s a vital pillar of [...]
Kent Proposes £1.78 Billion Elderly Care Contract Over 8 Years Amid Rising Nursing Demand
Kent County Council is preparing to rewrite the rules on how it provides care home placements for older people in a move that could cost up to £1.78 billion over eight years [...]
Reform UK Under Fire: Kent Councillors Use Transparency Law to Hide Already-Public Addresses
Across Kent, voters expect honesty, accountability and transparency from their elected representatives. But an investigation by The Shepway Vox Team reveals a disturbing [...]
Exclusive: Kent County Council Spends £1.1 Billion Fighting SEND Appeals — 84% of Annual Budget
Exclusive: Kent County Council (KCC) has admitted to spending over £1.1 billion in legal costs defending Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) tribunal appeals [...]
Kent County Council to Cut £75m Under Reform UK: Potholes, Transport, and Migrant Services Face Review
Kent County Council (KCC) has a gross annual budget exceeding £2.5 billion but is burdened by hundreds of millions in debt, its newly elected leader Linden Kemkaran [...]
Reform UK: Kent’s New Ruling Party Perfects the Art of Doing Sweet F*** All
Well, it’s finally happened. Kent County Council, the mighty engine room of local democracy, has been seized by the political equivalent of a Wetherspoons lock-in. Reform [...]
A Week Is a Long Time in Kent Politics: Reform UK’s Chaotic Takeover of Kent County Council
It began with pomp, promises, and a pinch of political theatre. By Monday, it was already spiralling into farce. On Monday morning, the self-styled “Doge Team” of Reform [...]
Selective Secrecy: How Kent Councillors Exploit a Transparency Loophole
When Parliament passed the Localism Act in 2011, it aimed to strengthen public confidence in local government by making councillors’ financial interests transparent. The [...]