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Local residents, who are pressing to have the Sandgate Escarpment registered as a Village Green, are now being asked for their views by Kent County Council (KCC).
 

Kent County Council (KCC) is planning to submit a "robust case" calling on the Government pay them some of its proposed £10-a-day charge on foreign lorry drivers.

Hawkinge Town Council is organising a public meeting over the possible closure of the waste tip in Incinerator Road.

Hawkinge Town Council is organising a public meeting over the possible closure of the waste tip in Incinerator Road.

The boss at Kent County Council (KCC) who is leaving her £197,000 job after just 18 months is reportedly picking up a £450,000 pay off.

Hot on the heels of the Kent Community Recycling Centre in Hawkinge being forced to close last month, the future of the Kent County Council (KCC) rubbish tip in the town could now be in jeopardy.

People across Kent are to be asked to help Kent County Council plan new and better ways to run local libraries.

At a meeting of the Kent County Council’s ruling Conservative Group on Friday (14 October), Group Leader Paul Carter has been re-elected.
 

By Lib Dem Councillor, Tim Prater

There is not much point pretending that the election results in Shepway for the Lib Dems - in common with much of the rest of the country - were other than awful.

Under the headline, '£200m cuts – but Tory councillors vote to keep their free sarnies at £12.50 a head', the Mirror has attacked Kent County Councillors for wasting taxpayers money.