Council Updates
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Council Updates New Rural Skills Course Launches to Tackle Kent’s Countryside Career Gap
Hadlow College partners with Kent County Council to offer 16-18 year-olds practical training in land management and environmental skills…
8 June 2026 -
Council Updates MP Challenges South East Water Over Repeated Supply Outages and Underinvestment
MP Challenges South East Water Over Repeated Supply Outages and Underinvestment Conservative MP Gordon Henderson says he has “lost faith”…
8 June 2026 -
Council Updates Kent’s water and the path to capacity: what the parties propose
To close a five-part investigation into the gap between the growth planned for Kent and the water the county can actually supply, Kent…
8 June 2026 -
Council Updates Council Tax Bills in Tonbridge and Malling to Rise 4.09% as Government Funding Falls
Band D households will pay £2,471.83 from April 2026, with the borough council citing a 15% cut in central government support as a key…
8 June 2026 -
Council Updates Tonbridge Set to Gain Its Own Town Council After Borough Decision
Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council backs creation of 18-member town council with six wards following community governance review and…
7 June 2026 -
Council Updates Safety Works Ordered at Historic Rose and Crown Hotel in Tonbridge After Structural Risk Found
Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council uses Building Act powers to force urgent repairs to hotel portico amid public safety concerns Walk…
7 June 2026 -
Council Updates Dover Appoints Chair to Lead £20m Pride in Place Programme in Buckland and St Radigunds
Nick Holbrook-Sutcliffe will head new neighbourhood board as part of government’s £5bn community investment initiative Two Dover…
7 June 2026 -
Council Updates Kent County Council demands urgent action over stalled broadband rollout
County leaders warn Building Digital UK delays are deepening digital exclusion and undermining growth in rural communities. The Digital…
7 June 2026 -
Council Updates New Safer Neighbourhood Team Launches Across Tonbridge and Malling
Four-officer patrol unit will tackle anti-social behaviour hotspots until November in partnership with private security firm. Rowdy car…
6 June 2026 -
Council Updates Hildenborough Resident Fined £120 After Breaching Anti-Social Behaviour Order
Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council secures court penalty over repeated nuisance and intimidating behaviour following Community…
6 June 2026 -
Council Updates Dover District Council approves 2.98% council tax rise for 2026/27 budget
Band D households will pay an extra £6.57 annually for district services as Dover maintains lowest council tax rate in East Kent. The…
6 June 2026 -
Council Updates Kent County Council announces fresh Cabinet changes as Diane Morton steps down
Reform UK leader Linden Kemkaran continues reshaping senior team roughly one year after party’s historic election victory at County Hall…
5 June 2026