The need to activate Aylesford Temporary Place of Rest underlines the severity of Covid-19 across Kent, say experts leading the county’s response to the pandemic. The Kent Resilience Forum opened…
Kent Liberal Democrats have attacked local Conservative boasts about police funding as “smoke and mirrors” that dress up a potential Council Tax rise as if it were extra funding from…
Following the disruption to borders last week, roadside waste was left behind affecting many of the key routes to Dover. Nicky Potts, Highways England head of operational integration, said: “Since…
The Leader of Kent County Council has called on the Government to keep schools closed in Thanet, Canterbury, Dover and Folkestone and Hythe. Kent County Council’s Liberal Democrat Group Leader…
Photo by CDC on Unsplash In a letter to Education Secretary Gavin Williamson yesterday (Saturday), Kent County Council Leader Roger Gough and Cabinet Member for Education and Skills Richard Long…
Photo by Martin Sanchez on Unsplash Kent County Councillors Trudy Dean and Rob Bird are demanding immediate action to stem the spread of the new strain of the Covid-19 virus…
Photo by Wolfgang Hasselmann on Unsplash Approximately 8,400 hot meals, over 25,000 Covid test applications and more than 14,000 HGVs moved on are just some of the startling statistics of…
Multi-agency efforts to provide people caught up in the cross-Channel traffic disruption in Kent with food, water and facilities is continuing over the Christmas period. On the M20, Kent County…
Operation Stack is now implemented on the coastbound carriageway of the M20 between Junctions 8 and 12. It has been put in place as a contingency measure following the French…
By Rob Bird, Leader of the Liberal Democrat Group at Kent County Council For the past 6 months Kent’s Liberal Democrats have been calling for Covid tests for all drivers…
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