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17th July 2008 TORIES IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT FAIL OLDER PEOPLE Kent Labour condemns the Conservatives who dominate local government for failing older people up and down the country. The Audit Commission, an independent watchdog on efficiency, economy and quality in public services, has published a report today outlining the challenges facing older people who want to use council services... MORE 11th July 2008 ARE KCC’S CABINET FINALLY TAKING THANET OFF THE SHELF? Kent Labour welcomes the decision of KCC's Conservative Cabinet to take their next meeting out of County Hall - but doubts their motives for doing so.... MORE 11th July 2008 LABOUR INVESTS IN MAKING NEIGHBOURHOODS WORK Kent Labour welcomes the Government’s investment of over £1 million this year to help people in Thanet back to work.... MORE 27th June 2008 “Enough is enough" - stick to the facts on housing, Labour tells KCC Conservatives Kent Labour is urging the Conservatives on Kent County Council to stop scaremongering and to engage in a grown-up debate on housing numbers... MORE 23rd June 2008 JOINT WORKING IN EAST KENT - A BUREAUCRATIC NONSENSE Conservative proposals for “Joint working” between Canterbury City Council, Dover District Council, Shepway District Council, Thanet Borough Council and Kent County Council were condemned by Labour County Councillors as “bureaucratic nonsense” at yesterday’s full meeting of the County Council... MORE
19th June 2008 KENT COUNTY COUNCIL’S TORY SPIN MACHINE TAKES ITS TOLL ON THE FACTS
Ray Parker (Labour County Councillor for Northfleet & Gravesend West) has hit out at Tory Kent County Council for issuing another misleading press release about the Dartford River Crossing Tolls... MORE
19th June 2008 ADULT EDUCATION PRICES FROZEN TO ATTRACT LEARNERS BACK Kent County Council has decided to freeze the cost of its Adult Education courses at last year’s prices as the Adult Education Service’s deficit increases... MORE 11th June 2008 LABOUR – CARING FOR CARERS Kent Labour has welcomed the announcement by Government of its new multi-million pound ten-year strategy for carers.... MORE 10th June 2008 TIME IS RUNNING OUT FOR KCC’S FAILURE ON EDUCATION Kent Labour has welcomed the Government’s announcement that it will take firm action on low GCSE results and that it is looking at the performance of 33 schools in Kent.... MORE 6th June 2008 GET TO GRIPS WITH THE ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL OUR SAKES! Kent Labour is calling on Paul Carter (KCC’s Leader) to ‘Get to grips with Kent’s environmental challenges for the sake of all of Kent’s residents’. Despite the hard work of Kent’s Officers in the Environment Unit, KCC’s Tory Cabinet still fails to understand the challenges faced by Kent as highlighted in the recent CPA report.... MORE 4th June 2008 A RUBBISH RECORD ON THE ENVIRONMENT Kent Labour has slated the current Conservative leadership of KCC for its poor record on environmental issues. According to the Audit Commission’s recent Corporate Assessment of the County Council, KCC and its co-members of the Kent Waste Partnership – including the Conservative-led district and borough councils – have been slow in developing effective and well-integrated local rubbish collection schemes.... MORE 4th June 2008 CARTER’S LORRY PARK – PARKED Kent Labour condemns Kent County Council’s current Conservative leadership for its latest blunder on Operation Stack.... MORE 3rd June 2008 KCC COULD DO BETTER FOR CHILDREN & YOUNG PEOPLE Kent Labour welcomes the publication of the OfSTED Joint Area Review and Enhanced Youth Inspection assessments of Kent County Council’s services for children & young people... MORE 3rd June 2008 NOT AS GOOD AS THEY’D HAVE US BELIEVE. Kent Labour welcomes the findings of the Audit Commission’s Corporate Assessment of Kent County Council... MORE 21st May 2008 CARTER PRE-EMPTS, THEN IGNORES INSPECTION FINDINGS Kent Labour condemns current Conservative Leader Paul Carter’s high-handed attitude to local democracy and official inspections.... MORE
15th May 2008 KENT COUNTY COUNCIL ADMITS THAT FUNDING FOR CONCESSIONARY BUS SCHEME TO BEGIN AT 9AM IS AVAILABLE.
A report to Kent County Council’s cabinet this week has revealed that the necessary cash to fund a return to a 9am start time for the concessionary bus travel scheme IS available. The Government has provided councils in Kent an extra £4.5 million this year to meet the extra costs of introducing the new national concessionary bus scheme which allows free off peak bus travel across England.... MORE
15th May 2008 LABOUR GOVERNMENT ACTS ON OPERATION STACK Kent Labour welcomes the news that work has begun on a moveable concrete barrier to ease the disruption caused by Operation Stack..... MORE 14th May 2008 KENT LABOUR ANNOUNCES NEW SHADOW CABINET Following the Annual General Meeting of Kent County Council's Labour Group on Monday 12 May, Kent Labour has announced its new Shadow Cabinet... MORE
8th May 2008 NORTHFLEET ROAD STAYS OPEN - COMMON SENSE PREVAILS
At a meeting of the Highways Advisory Board of Kent County Council held on 8th May 2008 it was unanimously agreed to recommend to the Cabinet Member for Highways that a previous recommendation from Gravesham Joint Transport Board be overturned and that the newly built Hogg Lane /Downs Road be opened to vehicular traffic with a weight and physical width restriction. It was also recommended that the position be reviewed a year after the road is reopened.... MORE
7th May 2008 KENT TORIES REMOVE FIRE HEIGHT VEHICLE FROM GRAVESEND At a meeting of its Planning and Performance Committee on 6 May 2008 the Conservative majority on Kent and Medway Fire and Rescue Authority decided to remove the height vehicle from Thameside (Gravesend and Northfleet) Fire Station and place it in Medway Fire Station instead. This was done without the Committee being allowed to see the consultants’ report which allegedly backed this proposal. The Conservatives also refused to defer the decision so that the report could be read before a final decision at the June meeting of the Authority.... MORE
6th May 2008 LABOUR GAIN SWANLEY TOWN
Labour has taken control of Swanley Town Council after the elections on Thursday 1 May.... MORE
2nd May 2008 KENT LETS DOWN AGEING RESIDENTS Conservative-run Kent County Council has finally been forced to produce a strategy for older residents of the County, three years after the Government published its national strategy. Today the Council hosted a seminar on the subject at County Hall in Maidstone.... MORE |
