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Kent County Council's Tory members voted in a secret ballot to reject their own party's plans.

Just a handful of votes separated the two top candidates in the by-election battle for a seat on the county council.

Kent County Council members call on the government to scrap appalling council tax system  |  Updated: 16:50, 17 February 2021 The government has been urged to scrap the countrys "appalling" council tax system by Kent county councillors. Englands council tax rates have been based on the value of homes since April 1991, a year after the poll tax riots in the final term of Margaret Thatchers tenure as Prime Minister. KCC leader Cllr Roger Gough (Con) Nearly 30 years on, Kent County Councils lead...

Anger after barrier blocks ambulance from reaching injured pensioner in Faversham town centre  |  Updated: 10:29, 15 February 2021 Paramedics took about 30 minutes to reach an elderly lady who had fallen over in Faversham town centre because access was blocked by a barrier. The obstruction has been ever-present in the town since Swale Borough Council and Kent County Council agreed to ban vehicle access in an effort to promote social distancing in the main shopping streets. The ambulance block...