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The Lib Dem team have been campaigning for action on the White Lion in Cheriton for years.

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Tim Prater and Gary Fuller at Saga HQ in Sandgate

He might not look it, but Tim Prater was delighted to hear Saga is returning to their Sandgate Enbrook Park HQ.

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Tim Prater explains why he's standing for the most marginal County Council seat in Kent: Cheriton, Sandgate and Hythe East.

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Will young people accessing online gaming cause issues with gambling in adulthood?

In a 2017 study, the gambling commission found that 12% of 11-16 year olds gambled in the past week. This represented a drop of 25% on 2016 when the same survey found 16% had gambled. Of those young people, 24% first gambled using fruit machines, 21% using National Lottery scratchcards and 11% placed private bets with friends. The main source of gambling activity in young people is therefore unlikely to be online gaming, and gambling activity seems to be dropping overall.

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by Gary Fuller

30 Aug 2018

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Kent County Council: A259 Sandgate Esplanade, Sandgate (Prohibition Of Waiting) Temporary Order 2018

To allow various telecoms cabling and ducting works to be safely carried out, Kent County Council has made an Order to temporarily prohibit parking on part of A259 Sandgate Esplanade, Sandgate, near Folkestone.

29 Aug 2018

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Have environmental concerns taken a back seat due to the current political climate?

It's no secret that Trump is not the best friend to those seeking to tackle climate change, and that Brexit has eclipsed any other political issue to affect the UK bar perhaps the ongoing NHS crisis. Climate Change however has never been treated as seriously as it should have been.

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by Gary Fuller

23 Aug 2018

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You Can't Please All of The People...

Over the last few days, I've been made aware of a leaflet being circulated to some areas of Sandgate by Jerry Ridgway questioning many points of the puchase of Sandgate Escarpment and Martello Towers 6 & 7. I know that Mr Ridgway has asked many of these questions to Sandgate Parish Council before, and had had responses, but it seems those have not reassured him - that is his right, despite a 6 to 1 majority (359 to 60) of those local residents who voted wanting the Council to buy the land and towers in the referendum held in May.

20 Aug 2018

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What would the local reaction be if there was a second European referendum?

Around 70% of people locally voted to leave the European Union in what was in fact the second referendum on Europe. Many will have voted based on the belief that the nation state should be sovereign in deciding all policy, from taxes to immigration. Some may have voted based on more specific issues, like globalisation. I voted remain.

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by Gary Fuller

16 Aug 2018

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Is enough being done in our region to tackle the balance of social housing?

The simple answer to this question is no. We live in a society where more and more of our money is going towards keeping a roof over our heads, where more and more people are relying on food banks. Social housing offers us both much more reasonable rents and a potential foot on the housing ladder for those unlikely to have the option via other means.

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by Gary Fuller

9 Aug 2018

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The Lib Dem team have been campaigning for action on the White Lion in Cheriton for years.

He might not look it, but Tim Prater was delighted to hear Saga is returning to their Sandgate Enbrook Park HQ.

Tim Prater explains why he's standing for the most marginal County Council seat in Kent: Cheriton, Sandgate and Hythe East.

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