|
|
20 Most Recent News Stories
Kent County Council should admit snow response was inadequate
Fri 12th Feb 2010
Folkestone West County Councillor, Tim Prater, has put a question to Kent County Council: "Will the Cabinet Member for Environment, Highways and Waste confirm that Kent Police had contacted KCC them to get the roads treated and that the response by Kent Highways to the snowfall on 10th / 11th February in Folkestone and surrounding areas was totally inadequate, leading to even main roads being completely impassable, cars being abandoned and road accidents."
|
|
|
Read "Kent County Council should admit snow response was inadequate" in full (339 words).
|
KentTV: a decision £2 million pounds too late
Thu 11th Feb 2010
Lib Dems at County Hall have welcomed the decision to pull the plug on KCC's controversial KentTV broadband channel. Conservative Council Leader Paul Carter has announced that the contract would end due to the "changed economic climate". But Trudy Dean, Lib Dem Leader of the Opposition, said the channel had cost nearly £2 million pounds and should never have been set up using taxpayers money.
|
|
Read "KentTV: a decision £2 million pounds too late" in full (249 words).
|
"Don't try to put the blame on us" say Lib Dems at County Hall
Thu 11th Feb 2010
Trudy Dean, Leader of the Lib Dem Group at Kent County Council, has called on Conservative Leader Paul Carter to retract his statement that the KCC Chief Executive's contract was extended as the result of a unanimous cross party vote involving Lib Dem and Labour Cllrs in 2006.
|
|
Read ""Don't try to put the blame on us" say Lib Dems at County Hall" in full (146 words).
|
Looking for Loos for Cheriton Rec
Mon 1st Feb 2010
Cheriton Councillor Tim Prater is looking into the possibility of reinstating a public toilet into Cheriton Rec after a request from a local resident. The resident was pleased about plans to improve Cheriton Rec with new facilities, but raised the issue that with the nearest public toilets being some way away in Somerset Road and having no family facilities, the lack of a toilet in the park could be a public health issue.
|
|
Read "Looking for Loos for Cheriton Rec" in full (182 words).
|
Snow Liability
Tue 12th Jan 2010
An email from Kent County Council Environment, Highways and Waste Cabinet member Nick Chard arrived with Tim Prater today, detailing the responsibilities of Local Authorities, individuals and businesses to clear ice and snow. Tim had always hoped the view that an individual could be sued for clearing snow if then someone fell was an urban myth. Seems not. Nick says:
|
|
Read "Snow Liability" in full (511 words).
|
Host of Awards for Gurkha Justice Campaign & Joanna Lumley [Updated Dec 2010]
Thu 3rd Dec 2009
One of the proudest experiences of my life has been my involvement in the Gurkha Justice Campaign through to May this year when we finally won our aim - a fair deal for Gurkhas to settle in the UK. Over the past few weeks, the campaign, and star figurehead Joanna Lumley, has picked up a number of awards for its work, including:
|
|
Read "Host of Awards for Gurkha Justice Campaign & Joanna Lumley [Updated Dec 2010]" in full (220 words).
|
Lib Dems call for Shepway to webcast meetings
Sun 22nd Nov 2009
The Liberal Democrats are calling on Shepway Council to follow the example of other councils and make meetings available to watch on-line. Web-casting of meetings is increasingly common and low cost, and the Lib Dem motion seeks a partner company to make the meetings available at no or very low cost to local taxpayers.
|
|
Read "Lib Dems call for Shepway to webcast meetings" in full (238 words).
|
Archive of earlier News Stories.
 News Story Feed(v1.0).
Printed and hosted by Prater Raines Ltd, 98 Sandgate High Street, Folkestone CT20 3BY.
Published and promoted by Tim Prater, 16 Riviera Court, Sandgate High Street, Folkestone, CT20 3RP.
The views expressed are those of the party, not of the service provider.
|
