Kent local government reorganisation

Exclusive: Kent and Medway Councils Agreed £11.9m LGR Fund Before Government Chose Option 4B

August 17, 2026 // 1 Comment

On 16 July 2026, ministers finally settled the future shape of local government in Kent and Medway. Option 4B had won. Four new unitary councils would replace the existing [...]

Kent Local Government Reorganisation: The Unanswered Questions Facing Mid Kent Council

July 30, 2026 // 1 Comment

Folkestone & Hythe says it is preparing for its own abolition. Yet scrutiny revealed that the money, legal timetable, councillor workload, headquarters, assets and parish [...]

Folkestone & Hythe Council Is Being Scrapped: The £130.9m Mid Kent Merger Explained

July 28, 2026 // 0 Comments

Folkestone & Hythe District Council is helping to build the authority that’ll replace it. The chosen scheme promises simpler government and savings, but its own papers [...]

Kent Local Government Reorganisation: Four Unitary Councils, Debt and Costs — Long Read

July 19, 2026 // 0 Comments

Kent knows where the new boundaries will run. It still doesn’t know who’ll inherit the mortgage. Steve Reed MP Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local [...]

Kent Local Government Reorganisation: Four Unitary Councils and One Almighty Hangover

July 17, 2026 // 0 Comments

What follows isn’t a leaked meeting or a quotation from any named council officer. It’s an imagined pub conversation translating Kent’s local government shake-up into [...]

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