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The Tories in Kent have control of Kent County Council and its budget of over two billion pounds. Despite record investment by our Labour Government, Kent’s Tories still manage to squander millions on wasteful projects. Recently they spent almost one and a half million pounds of your money on a TV Station for Kent. They then increased domiciliary care charges for pensioners and axed Librarians across the County.Kent Labour Group is committed to highlighting the Tories wastefulness and fighting for the most vulnerable in Kent.Only with a Labour County Council will we ever see services delivered fairly in Kent.
NOT AS GOOD AS THEY’D HAVE US BELIEVEKent Labour welcomes the findings of the Audit Commission’s Corporate Assessment of Kent County Council. Between November 2007 and May 2008 the Audit Commission assessed how well the council engages with and leads its communities, delivers community priorities in partnership with others, and ensures continuous improvement in everything it does. Kent County Council has held on to its status as an excellent authority. However, while it retained scores of 4 out of 4 for ambition and prioritisation, it failed to improve its previous score of 3 out of 4 for achievement. Its score actually dropped in two out of the five assessment categories, slipping from a 4 to a 3 for performance management and capacity. Mike Eddy, Labour Shadow Leader of KCC, said: “The Corporate Assessment rightly highlighted the County Council’s strengths, not least its able and enthusiastic staff, many of whom do tough jobs under difficult circumstances. “But the Audit Commission sent a very clear message that there are things KCC could do a lot better”.
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The table below shows how much Kent Tories have increased your Council Tax by since 2003/04
Council Tax Year:
Tory KCC Council Tax Cash Sum:
Tories made you Pay Extra £:
Tory % Increase: +/-
2003/2004
£852.84
£94.77
+12.50%
2004/2005
£845.73 ***
-£7.11 ***
-0.83% ***
2005/2006
£877.05
£31.32
+3.70%
2006/2007
£918.72
£41.67
+4.75%
2007/2008
£964.17
£45.45
+4.95%
2008/2009
£1,001.79
£37.62
+3.9%
KCC COULD DO BETTER FOR CHILDREN & YOUNG PEOPLE Christine Angell, Labour Shadow Cabinet Member for Education, added: “The Review found that KCC scored a grade 3 - good, but not outstanding - on safeguarding children and on its services to looked-after children and children with learning difficulties and disabilities.“The Council shouldn’t rest until it can score an outstanding 4 for these services. A four star authority such as KCC should not be satisfied with only three stars for the children of Kent.“Kent Labour will keep up the pressure on KCC’s current Conservative leadership to deliver for all the County’s young people.”
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