Tag: reform-uk

Lib Dems Win Cranbrook By-Election to Cement Control of Borough Council

On By southboroughnews1 Comment

Local Liberal Democrats were cheered this week by their victory by 107 votes in a council by-election for Cranbrook, Sissinghurst and Frittenden. The Lib Dems got 37% of the votes, increasing their overall majority on the recently reprieved Tunbridge Wells Borough Council. The Lib Dems now have 26 seats against a combined opposition on the …

Continue reading Lib Dems Win Cranbrook By-Election to Cement Control of Borough Council

“Shambles” as Labour’s Local Council Changes “Paused”

On By southboroughnewsLeave a comment

Escalating costs involved in restructuring local councils in Kent could mean the changes never happen. A shock announcement last Monday 7th September by the Labour government put on "pause" plans to abolish both Kent County Council and all the existing Borough Councils - with no timetable to resume the process. Indeed, it was announced that …

Continue reading “Shambles” as Labour’s Local Council Changes “Paused”