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Public asked to contribute to 15-year plan

Friday, March 12, 2010

CUTTING crime, improving health and strengthening communities are key targets for a Tunbridge Wells of the future.

These goals are all included in a document drawn up by Tunbridge Wells Borough Council, which is now being opened up for debate.

The draft...

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Sevenoaks council tax announced in budget meeting

Friday, February 26, 2010

Council tax will rise by a staggering 2.9 per cent, it emerged at this year's budget meeting. The leap was blamed on the financial crisis and a lack...

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Home or away for members?

Paula Gammage from Speldhurst

Thursday, February 25, 2010

THE mantra from Tunbridge Wells Borough Council was Love Where We Live – but the Courier can reveal some of its own councillors don't even live...

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Cuts won't hit council allowances

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Monday, February 22, 2010

COUNCILLORS in Tunbridge Wells remain on course for a 45 per cent pay rise, despite the economic crisis. Tunbridge Wells borough councillors will...

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'Hopeless' parish council under fire

Sign on notice board in Brasted

Friday, February 19, 2010

BRASTED Parish Council has come under fire from residents who feel it is failing in its duties. A sign placed on the noticeboard in the village...

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Budget cuts approved by Canterbury City Council

Whitstable divisional offices of Canterbury City Council in Harbour Street

Friday, February 19, 2010

INSULTS were traded as councillors set their budget for the year ahead. In one of the most bitter debates for years, members of Canterbury City...

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Events under threat in council tax cash crisis

Events under threat in council tax cash crisis

Thursday, February 18, 2010

AN annual festival, money for a new bandstand and children's holiday activities are set to be the casualties of Tunbridge Wells Borough Council's...

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Alternative budget had no cuts but kept secret

Thursday, February 18, 2010

AN alternative budget that could have avoided a council tax rise altogether was suppressed from public view. The draft budget review put together by a...

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Home Secretary visits Dover

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Tuesday, February 16, 2010

A TOP Government minister is visiting Dover today. Home Secretary Alan Johnson has met UK Border Agency staff at the Eastern Docks. The team told him...

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Protest to save Canterbury museums

Timely protest: Campaigners outside Canterbury's Roman Museum in Butchery Lane on Saturday CTBG130210protest-1

Monday, February 15, 2010

PROTESTORS waving placards and shouting "Save our museums" virtually closed down Canterbury on Saturday. They staged a 30-minute "flash" demonstration...

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