Linden Kemkaran

Kent County Council to Cut £75m Under Reform UK: Potholes, Transport, and Migrant Services Face Review

June 15, 2025 // 1 Comment

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 [...]

A Week Is a Long Time in Kent Politics: Reform UK’s Chaotic Takeover of Kent County Council

June 7, 2025 // 2 Comments

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 [...]

Reform UK’s ‘Doge Unit’ Targets KCC: Transparency or Political Muscle?

June 5, 2025 // 3 Comments

Reform UK, which now holds sway at Kent County Council, has brought in its Department of Government Efficiency—known as the Doge unit—to scrutinise council spending, [...]

Reform UK’s Push for Transparency at Kent County Council Raises Legal and Constitutional Questions

June 2, 2025 // 6 Comments

Updated @ 11.20am Kent County Council’s new Reform UK leadership is facing a constitutional and legal backlash after attempting to install an investigatory team with [...]

Reform-Led Kent Council Under Fire for Excluding Deaf Residents from Democracy

May 23, 2025 // 3 Comments

Kent County Council’s ongoing failure to provide subtitles on its public meeting webcasts may constitute a breach of the Equality Act 2010, potentially amounting to [...]

‘Stop the Boats, Stop the Waste’: How Reform UK Took Control in Kent

May 12, 2025 // 2 Comments

Kent, with its chalk cliffs and close proximity to Calais, has become Britain’s symbolic and logistical frontline in the ongoing small boat migration crisis. Since 2018, [...]

No, Linden Kemkaran – Kent’s £1.5bn Budget Isn’t Your Shopping List

May 11, 2025 // 1 Comment

On Sunday morning, newly appointed Kent County Council leader Cllr Linden Kemkaran (pictured) of Reform UK sat on the BBC Politics South East sofa and declared she would [...]

Linden Kemkaran: Journalist, Dramatist, Lawbreaker — Now Leader of Kent County Council

May 9, 2025 // 3 Comments

Kent County Council has a new political face at the helm — and she brings with her a résumé as compelling as it is controversial. Linden Kemkaran, a former BBC journalist [...]

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