Kent County Council: Tim Prater Notice of Members' Registrable Interests 2010
KENT COUNTY COUNCIL / KENT & MEDWAY FIRE AND RESCUE AUTHORITY
24 Mar 2010
Folkestone and Hythe News
Stealth Income Tax Increase will hit Folkestone and Hythe hard
The 2010 Labour budget has frozen income tax threshold limits, meaning a real terms rise in income taxes on tax payers across Folkestone and Hythe, The Lib Dems had announced plans to take all those earning under £10,000 out of income tax entirely by raising the lower tax threshold.
24 Mar 2010
Monk replaced by Love as Deputy Leader of Shepway District Council
David Monk has been ousted as the Deputy Leader of Shepway District Council, and has been replaced by Rory Love. In an email to Councillors and staff today, Conservative Council Leader Robert Bliss gave details of the change and the full list of responsibilities for the 10 strong cabinet. The Cabinet was extended from 9 to 10 last week with the addition of Alan Clifton-Holt.
23 Mar 2010
National Primary School Offer Day
There has been a rise in the number of children applying for a Kent primary school place compared to a year ago. 14,920 applications for school places were received by the January closing date - an increase of 190.
23 Mar 2010
Folkestone Invicta Football Club Statement: Rifleman Peter Aldridge
Since learning of the death in service of Rifleman Aldridge we have repeatedly scheduled to commemorate his loss but fixtures have been postponed because of the wintry weather.
23 Mar 2010
Labour and Conservatives roadblocks to political reform
Labour and the Conservatives repeatedly blocked major reform of the political system put forward by the Liberal Democrats last year.
23 Mar 2010
Friendfeed: How to get my website to update Twitter automatically
I'm regularly asked how to get a website to update Twitter. Prater Raines are currently working on a new version of our Lib Dem Foci website service that will make this much simpler for our users of that service, but it's already possible using a very helpful application called www.friendfeed.com
22 Mar 2010
Institute of Ideas Community 'Question Time' Folkestone event
A community 'Question Time' event, organised by the Research Councils UK and the Institute of Ideas Debating Matters Competition, is taking place in Folkestone at 7.00pm on Monday 29 March.
22 Mar 2010
Shepway named as one of the worst 5 councils in country at affordable homes
Housing charity Shelter has named Shepway as the 319th worst Council in the Country in its affordable housing league table - out of 323!
19 Mar 2010
West Hythe worries as KCC can't fund traffic scheme
Residents are concerned as vehicles continue to speed along West Hythe Road. Following a meeting with Kent Highways it became clear the funding of a traffic calming scheme would prove difficult. Even providing a modern and inexpensive, solar-powered vehicle speed indicator will not be forthcoming from the County funds.
19 Mar 2010
Prater and Dean Push for Fuller Disclosure of Kent County Council Expenditure
Liberal Democrat County Councillors Tim Prater and Trudy Dean have submitted a motion to the next full Kent County Council meeting calling for all items of revenue expenditure by the Council above £1,000 to be published. The proposals mirror the actions of the Greater London Authority, who took a similar step after Mayor Boris Johnson was elected.
17 Mar 2010
Lib Dems Trounce Conservative and Labour in South Kent College Poll
Following an election hustings meeting on Monday 15th March at South Kent College in Folkestone, a ballot of students saw Liberal Democrat Candidate Lynne Beaumont win a landslide victory, with more votes than Labour and Conservatives combined.
16 Mar 2010