Following the Sandgate Community Trust's successful application for a £50,000 grant from Kent County Council I am delighted to tell you that communityUk has been chosen by the Steering Group to provide Sandgate with its WiFi broadband service. The monthly costs for this service will be:
At the Full Kent County Council meeting on 15th December, the Conservative run County Council voted to remove the post of Managing Director. In the debate on the proposal, which was voted against by the liberal Democrat and Labour groups, this is what I said:
There has (rightly) been a lot of press coverage of the departure of Kent County Council Managing Director Katherine Kerswell, including a few articles where I seem to have been quoted. Some links include:
If you have a hatch, batten it down.
Key parts of Conservative Shepway's Parking Strategy were torn to shreds by voters across Folkestone, Hythe and Sandgate tonight as massive majorities voted against the proposals to introduce parking charges and parking permits for local people.
At last nights Shepway Development Control meeting last night, I presented the views of Sandgate Parish Council against application Y11/0537/SH, described as:
We have to stand tough against Trump’s tariffs
Leader's Speech to Spring Conference 2025
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