Council Updates
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Council Updates Dozens of overdue street light replacements and road works set out in Dartford highways update
Kent County Council’s highways team presented Dartford’s Joint Transportation Board with a two-year forward works programme covering road…
2 September 2026 -
Council Updates Tonbridge & Malling cabinet asked to adopt formal artificial intelligence governance policy
Tonbridge & Malling Borough Council’s cabinet considered a proposed artificial intelligence governance framework on 1 September 2026…
2 September 2026 -
Council Updates Tonbridge & Malling reports £66,000 favourable budget position but warns of planning and homelessness pressures
Tonbridge & Malling Borough Council’s cabinet considered a mid-year financial update on 1 September 2026 showing a net favourable variance…
2 September 2026 -
Council Updates 725 HGVs clamped in Ashford in 2025-26 as overnight parking enforcement continues
Ashford Borough Council’s annual report on HGV clamping showed 725 vehicles were clamped across five locations in the borough between April…
2 September 2026 -
Council Updates Canterbury could lose city status under council shake-up
Canterbury could lose city status under council shake-up Canterbury’s historic city status may need new legal protection after Kent’s local…
1 September 2026 -
Council Updates Kent County Council asks residents to shape next year’s budget before Monday deadline
Kent County Council wants to hear from residents on where to cut spending and whether Council Tax should rise — but the clock is ticking…
1 September 2026 -
Council Updates Kent’s council shake-up is going to court: what the case is actually about
Residents have gone to court over Kent’s council reorganisation. Nobody has won or lost anything yet. Here is what has actually happened…
31 August 2026 -
Council Updates 127 days. Twelve articles. One question. Still no answer.
Four months ago Kent Local News reported that the Government held no legal rationale, no consultation records and no impact assessments…
30 August 2026 -
Council Updates Kent’s reorganisation reaches the High Court: residents file judicial review over the missing lawful authority
A resident-led group has filed a judicial review claim challenging the legal basis for work done on Kent’s local government reorganisation…
29 August 2026 -
Council Updates Dartford Council launches online tool to check bin collection dates
Dartford Borough Council’s postcode-based “Check Bin Collections” tool lets households across the borough find their next refuse and…
28 August 2026 -
Council Updates Thanet Cabinet approved £1.26m Ramsgate dredging contract and £425,000 lift replacement in July, minutes show
Thanet District Council’s Cabinet, meeting on 27 August 2026, approved two significant spending decisions: a five-year hydrodynamic…
28 August 2026 -
Council Updates Poverty strategy put before Thanet Cabinet as district ranks among England’s most deprived
Thanet District Council’s Cabinet approved a new Tackling Poverty Strategy at its meeting on 27 August 2026, responding to data showing the…
28 August 2026