Kent County Council

Kent County Council Budget Compared: Reform UK 2026/27 vs Conservatives 2025/26 — The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

January 9, 2026 // 1 Comment

Kent County Council (KCC) has now put two very different budget stories on the public record. The first is the Conservative administration’s approved 2025/26 budget (voted [...]

Folkestone Library: Grace Hill Sale Looms as KCC Set To Move Service to 14 Sandgate Road (Old Woolworths)

January 9, 2026 // 0 Comments

When Kent County Council finally shut the doors of Folkestone Library’s landmark Grace Hill building in December 2022, it did so on a stark claim: the building had become [...]

Kent County Council Budget 2026/27 Explained: Growth, Environment & Transport (GET) Spending and What It Means for Roads, Highways, Waste and Transport

January 6, 2026 // 0 Comments

Kent County Council’s Growth, Environment & Transport (GET) committee papers for 2025/26 and 2026/27 show a clear shift in both the size and the shape of the [...]

Kent’s Pothole Stats Contradict Each Other: Press Release vs FOI Figures

January 1, 2026 // 0 Comments

Newspapers, or bloggers aren’t like the government… if we make state-ments we have to prove they’re true. Kent’s highways story this winter has offered a gentle [...]

Kent County Council Funding Explained: Why the “£50m Boost” and “£127m Increase” Are Both True (Fair Funding vs Core Spending Power)

December 26, 2025 // 0 Comments

If you ever want to start a festive row in a Kent WhatsApp group, don’t mention politics. Mention “extra government funding” — and then watch three people produce [...]

Reform UK’s Paranoid “Coup” Claim in Kent: Political Theatre Meets the Hard Limits of the Law

December 22, 2025 // 3 Comments

By any normal standard of political language, accusing the Prime Minister of plotting a “coup” against Kent County Council is the sort of thing you say when you’ve run [...]

“Like Nuclear Weapons”: Kent County Council Approves Political Assistants — Taxpayer Cost Up to £98,564 a Year (Plus On-Costs)

December 19, 2025 // 0 Comments

“If my enemy has one, then I ought to have one.” That was the Christmas-season dilemma put to Kent County Council this week as members voted to approve taxpayer-funded [...]

Kent County Council Political Assistants: Reform UK Plan Could Cost Taxpayers Up to £98,564 a Year in Salaries (Plus On-Costs)

December 17, 2025 // 0 Comments

Kent County Council will be asked at Full Council tomorrow (Thursday 18 December) to approve the creation of Political Assistant (agenda item 11) posts for qualifying [...]

Reform UK’s Kent Highways Contract: KCC’s “£50m-a-Year” Ringway Deal vs the Official £2bn Price Tag — Is It Value for Money?

December 8, 2025 // 0 Comments

Updated: 9 Dec @ 09:20 Reform-led Kent County Council announced on 19 November 2025 that Ringway will take over its core highways maintenance contract from May 2026, [...]

Kent County Council’s Lobbyist: Policy Connect, Missing Spend Trail, and the Questions Over Who Pays for Influence

December 1, 2025 // 0 Comments

Kent County Council, like many other organisations and companies, uses a lobbyist to get its voice heard at government level. The lobbyist it has used most frequently is [...]

Kent County Council Adult Social Care Debt: Nearly £4m Written Off in Five Years as Costs Rise, Arrears Grow and Cases Go to Court

November 30, 2025 // 0 Comments

Kent County Council (KCC) has written off £3,919,551 of adult social care debt over the five financial years from April 2020 to April 2025, according to an FOI disclosure [...]

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Kent County Council

Kent County Council Budget Compared: Reform UK 2026/27 vs Conservatives 2025/26 — The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Folkestone Library: Grace Hill Sale Looms as KCC Set To Move Service to 14 Sandgate Road (Old Woolworths)

Kent County Council Budget 2026/27 Explained: Growth, Environment & Transport (GET) Spending and What It Means for Roads, Highways, Waste and Transport

Kent’s Pothole Stats Contradict Each Other: Press Release vs FOI Figures

Kent County Council Funding Explained: Why the “£50m Boost” and “£127m Increase” Are Both True (Fair Funding vs Core Spending Power)

Reform UK’s Paranoid “Coup” Claim in Kent: Political Theatre Meets the Hard Limits of the Law

“Like Nuclear Weapons”: Kent County Council Approves Political Assistants — Taxpayer Cost Up to £98,564 a Year (Plus On-Costs)

Kent County Council Political Assistants: Reform UK Plan Could Cost Taxpayers Up to £98,564 a Year in Salaries (Plus On-Costs)

Reform UK’s Kent Highways Contract: KCC’s “£50m-a-Year” Ringway Deal vs the Official £2bn Price Tag — Is It Value for Money?

Kent County Council’s Lobbyist: Policy Connect, Missing Spend Trail, and the Questions Over Who Pays for Influence

Kent Council Debt 2024–25: Full Borrowing Breakdown for Kent County, Medway and Every District

Kent County Council Budget Overspend at Half-Time: Reform UK Era Faces Adult Social Care Crisis

Exposed: Cllr David Wimble’s Misleading Kent SEND Transport Claims — Fact-Checked and Debunked

Kent NHS: Staff Intimidation Linked to St George’s Flags and Far-Right Protests Risks Delaying Home Care

Is KentOnline Biased? KCC Coverage of Reform UK vs Conservatives

Kent County Council No Use Empty (NUE) loans: £195,600 paid out before approval, FOI reveals

Most Kent Councils Off Track for 2030 Net Zero

Does Kent County Council Export Plastic Waste Abroad? The Evidence and the Countries Involved.

Kent Council Tax to Exceed £1 Billion Under Reform UK Leadership

Are Folkestone’s Bus Stops Breaching the Equality Act 2010?

KCC’s £50m Debt Repayment Misses the Real Target: £90m LOBO Loans

Reform Led Kent County Council Rescinds Climate Emergency Amid Disinformation Claims

Is this surprising? UK Local Government: About 75% of Britons Feel Little or No Influence Over Local Decisions