Local Companies invited to tender for Kent Contracts
Contracts worth £13.6 million for cleaning chemicals and £2.6m for breakfast supplies have been put out for tender by Kent County Council.
1 Feb 2010
Folkestone and Hythe News
Carroll Fury at Royal Military Avenue Parking Decision
Cheriton Councillor Peter Carroll is furious about new Kent plans for Royal Military Avenue, Cheriton. After years of pushing, Kent agreed to consult local residents on 2 schemes in the road, one with oblique "nose in" parking, and another with a chevron down the road to slow traffic.
30 Jan 2010
Lib Dems back Folkestone Council Tax Cut
Local Lib Dems have backed a CUT in Folkestone Town Council's tax for next year. The move will mean local tax payers will pay slightly less for Folkestone Town Council services than last year. The Liberal Democrats have consistently fought for zero tax increases from Folkestone Town Council.
30 Jan 2010
St Winifred Road, Morehall One Day Road Closure
St Winifred Road, Folkestone will be closed between the junction of Cheriton Road to the junction with Geraldine Road on 11 February 2010.
27 Jan 2010
Kent and Medway Funding Fairs 2010 - Could YOUR group use grant cash?
2010 sees the resurrection of the Kent and Medway Funding Fair, with two fairs in 2010. They provide an opportunity for Kent and Medway voluntary and community groups to meet and talk to a range of local and national agencies that can offer funding, grants and advice.
27 Jan 2010
Kent and Medway Funding Fairs 2010
2010 sees the resurrection of the Kent and Medway Funding Fair, with two fairs in 2010. They provide an opportunity for Kent and Medway voluntary and community groups to meet and talk to a range of local and national agencies that can offer funding, grants and advice.
27 Jan 2010
A New Era for Europe
This is a period of great change in the European Union, but also one of great uncertainty. With the final accession of the Lisbon Treaty on 1st December much has changed to the structure and workings of the Union, but if we work carefully the threatened turmoil will be avoided. I remember Paddy Ashdown saying after the 2004 accessions (when 10 countries joined the EU) that what was needed was a period of deepening the Union rather than widening, and it seems as if the last decade has been consumed by institutional wrangling, but that time is now over. We must now walk together into a new era of European cooperation, one where the principle focus is on working to improve the life of our citizens.
CBMEP
27 Jan 2010
Eco-Tourism Summit: A Fresh Future for Romney Marsh
Lynne Beaumont has announced a first meeting for a new project to boost eco-tourism across Romney Marsh. Lynne, a local Councillor and the Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Candidate for Folkestone and Hythe, is promoting an umbrella scheme across Romney Marsh, from Rye to Hythe, under the flag of "Eco-Tourism".
22 Jan 2010
It's time for Real Change in Folkestone and Hythe
Protecting services like schools, the Royal Victoria Hospital, Fire Services and Post Offices. Fighting Lydd Airport expansion. Justice for Gurkhas. All are campaigns I've fought alongside local people in the last 4 years.
LB
22 Jan 2010
Sandgate Councillors join beach litter pick
Lib Dem Sandgate Parish Councillors Season Prater and Ann Rimmer joined a team including the Decuria Youth Group on a litter pick along Sandgate Beach today. Although the weather wasn't the best, the group had a productive time and collected 10 bags of rubbish including a variety of shoes and boots!
16 Jan 2010
Shared Services Proposals are bad for Shepway
"Shared services are fine - but not this way". That's the cross-party reaction of Shepway Councillors on the East Kent Joint Scrutiny Committee in response to a paper on shared services across Shepway, Dover, Canterbury and Thanet Councils.
14 Jan 2010
EDF: over 3 months to connect new Shorncliffe Road traffic lights
Folkestone Councillor Tim Prater has learned that it it unlikely the EDF will connect the new traffic lights in Shorncliffe Road near Folkestone West station before March, over 3 months after their installation. The new lights were designed to ease traffic congestion in the area, which was expected to increase after the introduction of the full high-speed rail service in December 2009.
14 Jan 2010