Folkestone Town Council has agreed to act on the shameful state of street litter bins across Folkestone Town Centre. At their full Council meeting last night, a programme costing up to £3,000 to repaint key bins in the centre of town to improve the look of the Town Centre was agreed.
You may have read in the local press, about Mr Anthony Cowie, and the battle he is having with Shepway District Council (SDC).
We continue to hold the Conservative cabinet to account in many areas. Last month was a motion about Mr Anthony Cowie, and many, many questions to the Cabinet, asking for explanations for their decisions.
Liberal Democrat campaigner Ian Chittenden has won the Kent County Council by-election for the Maidstone North East County Council seat which became vacant following the sad death of Margaret Featherstone.
Folkestone Town Council agreed to support proposals to support Discover Folkestone, Hythe and Romney Marsh with £5,000 of financial assistance and look into developing a new Tourism Information Point in the centre of Folkestone.
The remarkable spectacle of Charivari returns to Folkestone this Saturday (14 July). The carnival procession starts in Castle Hill Avenue at 2.30pm, and processes around town to arrive on The Leas between 3 and 3.30pm.
Shepway Liberal Democrat Councillor Lynne Beaumont will be appearing this afternoon on the "Richard and Judy" show on Channel 4. The show, hosted by Richard Madeley and Judy Finnegan is broadcast live from 5pm every weekday.
The Liberal Democrats have welcomed the signing of the Nottingham Declaration on Climate Change by Shepway Council. The Declaration acknowledges that climate change poses a genuine threat to our planet, and that Local Authorities in particular have a crucial role to play in responding to this challenge.
Radical tax plans that will take the basic rate of income tax to its lowest level since 1916 were unveiled today by the Liberal Democrats. The move to cut the basic rate by four pence in the pound will reduce the basic rate of income tax to 16p, benefiting millions of people on low and middle incomes.
A new class of council tax exemption has been introduced by Shepway Council. It adds to the exemption already in place that waives council tax on a property left empty because someone has had to leave it to care for a person who is old, disabled or ill. The new exemption will cover a home left empty when someone has to move out to provide care for children.
By law, Shepway Council is required to carry out a review of Polling Districts and Polling Places on a regular four-yearly cycle. The Council has now commenced the first stage of public consultations in respect of this occasion's review and we are currently interested in hearing your views.
Kent Regional Newspapers, the group which owns the Folkestone, Hythe and Romney Marsh "Herald" newspapers amongst others, has been bought by Northcliffe Media from previous owners Trinity Mirror.
