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26th March 2021HOUSING CRISIS: Borough council is building MORE homes than it needs to - report
MAIDSTONE has seen almost 50% more homes built in the past three years than were actually required, according to Government figures. Unlike other parts of the county, Maidstone Borough Council (MBC) ...
5th March 2021Liberal Democrat opposition leader Rob Bird to step down at next election
LIBERAL Democrat opposition leader at County Hall Rob Bird will step down at the next election. As one of only seven councillors in his party’s group, Cllr Bird decided to “take a ...
LITTER MENACE: Council launches pilot camera scheme to catch offenders
A PILOT scheme to bring to book “thousands” of litter louts who hurl mess from cars will be launched next month. “LitterCam” camera devices are to be installed to nail the ...
RUBBISH FURY: Bins 'not collected' for five weeks, say residents
THE "failure" to collect bins by Maidstone Borough Council for more than a month has come under fire by local people. Piles of rubbish was left lying on pavements for nearly five ...
Tory fury over 2% council tax rise 'as residents struggle ' in pandemic
MAIDSTONE Borough Council's budget has been passed but not without a significant rebellion in the opposition ranks. The fiscal strategy, which every local authority must pass by law, went ...
Fly-tipping in Maidstone borough rockets by 31% - Government figures
THE scourge of fly-tipping has worsened considerably in the borough, according to Government figures. Defra has revealed that in Maidstone the rise is more than 31% in a single year to 2019/2020, ...
GREEN PARTY: Calls for better public transport not free electric parking
PROPOSALS to allow free parking for electric cars has come under fire from the Green Party. Maidstone Borough Council recently indicated its “serious” intent to mitigate rising number of ...
Marden anti-housing campaigner Claudine Russell joins Tories for May elections
ANTI-housing campaigner Claudine Russell is to stand for the Conservatives at the borough council elections on May 6. Mrs Russell, who led the successful crusade to prevent 2,000 homes being built ...
Tories pick Simon Webb for Coxheath & Hunton on Keep Our Villages Special ticket
COMMUNITY campaigner Simon Webb has been selected by the Conservatives to fight the borough council seat in the Coxheath and Hunton ward on May 6. Mr Webb, who spent most of his career in teaching ...
County council's inflation-busting 5% tax rise is approved at heated meeting
Kent County Council’s (KCC) controversial plans to raise taxes by 5% from April have been approved, writes Ciaran Duggan. Hundreds of thousands of residents living in the 12 districts will ...