It has emerged today that Kent County Council chiefs have proposed a 2.44 per cent council tax increase for the next financial year - 0.41 per cent lower than was originally put forward by the authority last month.
The 2007 Kent Annual Public Health Report on behalf of NHS Eastern & Coastal, NHS West Kent and Kent County Council was published in January 2009, and is available online at www.kmpho.nhs.uk
Eastern and Coastal Kent NHS are inviting all local residents to a NHS local roadshow where you can learn more about their "plans to improve health services in east Kent during the next five years".
A number of school closures have been reported in the Shepway area for today due to the snowy weather conditions. Full details of all school closures notified across Kent can be found at http://www.invictafm.co.uk/Article.asp?id=1086852
With the onset of freezing weather conditions, residents are being reminded to take a few simple safety precautions to stay safe during the chilly spell. More heavy snow is predicted tonight and with temperatures unlikely to creep much above freezing, many are turning to open fires and other heat sources to stay warm.
Kent Trading Standards together with 81 other local authorities are taking part in the Office of Fair Trading's (OFT) nationwide Scamnesty campaign again this year. They are asking for members of the public to drop their scam mail in bins and bags placed around the county.
Kent County Council are holding a Shepway Local Board meeting on the subject of Council Tax on Monday 9 February at 7pm at the Shepway District Council Civic Centre, Castle Hill Avenue, Folkestone CT20 2QY - all Shepway residents are invited.
Lib Dem campaigner Neil Matthews has today reported to Shepway Council high levels of litter on the playing fields and in the hedges adjacent to Blenheim Drive in Hawkinge.
Shepway Lib Dems are sad to have learnt that Tim Hogg passed away recently. He served as a Shepway District and Hythe Town Councillor between 1983 - 1991 and was elected Deputy Mayor of Hythe in 1990. Very best wishes and our condolences to his friends and family for their loss.
I am writing to ask you to vote against the draft Freedom of Information (Parliament) Order 2009 this Thursday, and to sign Jo Swinson's Early Day Motion number 492.
Research by the Liberal Democrats shows that Kent County Council have had a lower Council tax rise in the run-up to EVERY one of the last 4 County Council elections.
As NO2ID highlighted in the Queen's Speech, the Coroners and Justice Bill which received its First Reading in the Lords yesterday, will turn the Data Protection Act on its head as far as government use of personal information is concerned - giving powers to ministers to override confidentiality and data protection and to use information collected for one purpose for any other purpose.
