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29th November 2021HOUSING REBELLION: Thousands protest at 'relentless' Government homes policy
PROTESTORS against "relentless" housebuilding in the boroughstaged a day of action on Sunday. Hundreds of residents joined thousands across the county who are increasingly dismayed ...
25th November 2021HOUSING REBELLION: How to take part in Sunday's marches to protect rural Kent
AROUND 20 residents' groups in Kent are to stage protest marches in their rural communities on Sunday to highlight opposition to housebuilding. The movement, which could see many thousands of ...
EXCLUSIVE: Council Labour leader Paul Harper apologises for 'hareem' remark
THE leader of the Labour Party at Maidstone Borough Council has apologised for describing female members of another political group as a 'hareem'. Ex-Labour councillor Malcolm McKay ...
HOUSING CRISIS 2 : Council Local Plan collapses amid a 21% rise in numbers
TONBRIDGE & Malling Borough Council's Local Plan lies in tatters today after government inspectors ordered the authority back to the drawing board. The plan, which sets out its proposals to ...
I QUIT: Labour stalwart councillor Malcolm McKay leaves party over 'differences'
POPULAR Labour councillor Malcolm McKay has resigned from the Labour group at Maidstone Borough Council. The member for Shepway south stood down with immediate effect today (November 16). He ...
'SLEAZE' SCANDAL: MPs urged to come clean over how they voted in Commons
LOCAL MPs are under fire for failing to explain their part in the infamous "Leadsom amendment" which led to the resignation of a Tory parliamentarian who became embroiled in a sleaze ...
BUDGET: Local MP Helen Whately centre stage for Rishi Sunak's statement
FAVERSHAM and Mid Kent MP Helen Whately sat on the Government's front bench yesterday for Chancellor Rishi Sunak's budget. The former social minister, who is now Exchequer Secretary to the ...
RAW SEWAGE: MPs under fire for rejecting vote to prevent river and sea dumping
TWO local MPs who rejected a House of Lords amendment to a bill to prevent water companies dumping raw sewage into rivers have come in for heavy criticism. Liberal Democrats claimed Helen Grant and ...
LIB DEM CRISIS: Two more council resignations being considered
TWO more Liberal Democrats on Maidstone Borough Council are strongly rumoured to be ready to leave the party and join a breakaway independent movement. Former MBC leader Cllr Martin Cox, Cllr Sue ...
EXCLUSIVE: Four Lib Dem councillors resign as party 'implodes' after defeat
THE leader of the Liberal Democrats at Maidstone Borough Council (MBC), Martin Cox, has resigned in a walk-out by councillors, Daily Downs Mail can reveal. Cllr Cox and fellow Lib Dem Cllrs Denise ...