Tim Prater Reporting Back from KCC: July 2025

4 Jul 2025

The start of July saw me attending the LGA Conference in Liverpool, taking learning and sharing with others how they are dealing the some of the key challenges facing local government and local residents, like the housing crisis, the lack of funding for local authorities, Local Government Reorganisation, Adult and Child Social Care, SEND Provision and more. Always keep learning, but as usefully, talking. Many other authorities are facing the challenges facing Kent County Council and Folkestone and Hythe District Council. Sometimes they have new and interesting ways of dealing with those challenges we should consider using here, sometimes not…

As a Councillor I try to be properly responsive to communication and WILL reply to casework, questions etc (as long as they are polite!). Although voicemail, Messenger, WhatsApp and the rest I try to keep on top of, the best will be to email to me, preferably to tim@prater.uk from where I can send it to the correct one of my 5 Councillor email accounts for action!

If you haven't had a reply back from me in a couple of WORKING days please come back to me (the person that emailed me New Years Day with a casework peeve some years ago did get a reply that day, but my Christmas holidays have improved since!). Certainly if you've had no reply at all in 4 working days, please do check the address you sent it to and re contact me - that's not the way I roll, so something may have gone awry. Finally, although I answer to Mr Prater, Cllr and a few other names, I'd much prefer Tim!

I am planning to ensure an update from me goes through (almost) all doors in the division 3 times a year, but you can also find more regular updates from me online at http://www.prater.uk/ and https://www.facebook.com/timprater

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July 2025 Action List

I have the first (uncancelled) meetings of the Committee cycle starting on 7th July with:

The 2025 Kent County Show opens with a royal visit (but sadly this year, without mine!). The Duchess of Edinburgh, who is the patron of the Association of Shows and Agricultural Organisations visited the show at the showground at Detling. The show runs until Sunday, featuring livestock, machinery, demonstrations, trade stalls, local food producers and show jumping events.

Kent County Council Press Releases in July:

https://news.kent.gov.uk/articles/take-control-this-alcohol-awareness-week

Folkestone & Hythe District Council Press Releases in July:

https://www.folkestone-hythe.gov.uk/news/article/345/southern-water-concerns-raised-with-minister

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