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Showing posts with label budget. Show all posts
Showing posts with label budget. Show all posts
Friday, 14 February 2025

KCC budget: Fit for tough times

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At Kent County Council yesterday we passed the budget for 2025-26.  The circumstances in which we have set the budget remain difficult. Over...
Tuesday, 30 January 2024

Government funding: welcome but not a game changer

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It’s not often that we get some unexpectedly good news on funding, but that did come through in the middle of last week. After a strong camp...
Monday, 28 August 2023

Budget consultation and Cabinet report: the pressure is on

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There’s just over a week to go to take part in KCC’s budget consultation , which closes on 6 September. We are currently developing our budg...
Friday, 10 February 2023

KCC budget approved: high risks and a narrow path

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At a day-long meeting yesterday, the County Council passed the administration's budget for 2023-24. It was the fourth budget since I bec...
Wednesday, 30 November 2022

Building the budget: after the Autumn Statement

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The joint letter from the Leaders of Kent and Hampshire came a few days before the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement (17 November). The Statemen...
Tuesday, 15 November 2022

The Kent-Hampshire letter: we cannot go on like this

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Yesterday the Leader of Hampshire, Rob Humby and I published a joint letter which we had written to the Prime Minister, Chancellor and the ...
Sunday, 31 July 2022

KCC budget consultation until 5 September

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A little over a week ago - so with apologies for the lateness in posting this - Kent County Council launched its budget consultation. You ca...
Thursday, 18 February 2021

Council tax - Helping Hands for hard-pressed residents

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KCC has today confirmed a programme of help for hard-pressed residents with their council tax set out in last week’s 2020-21 budget . Under...
Sunday, 5 July 2020

Funding announcement - but uncertainty continues

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On Thursday the Housing, Communities and Local Government Secretary, Robert Jenrick, announced a further support package to help councils r...
Wednesday, 24 October 2018

KCC budget consultation

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Kent County Council launched recently its annual budget consultation. We are currently putting together our budget for 2019-20. The press...
Wednesday, 17 January 2018

New budget plans and bus subsidies

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KCC has set out its latest plans for the 2018-19 budget, reflecting some important developments in the Local Government Financial Settlemen...
Friday, 18 November 2016

Still time to respond to KCC budget consultation

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With the Chancellor giving his Autumn statement next week, there is still time for residents to respond to Kent County Council's consul...
Tuesday, 12 January 2016

KCC publishes draft budget

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The County Council has published its draft budget for 2016-17, to be put before County Councillors on 11 February. As in previous years - ...
Wednesday, 14 October 2015

Budget consultation: choices for tough tines

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KCC has launched a six week consultation on its 2016-17 budget. The consultation will close on 24 November, one day before the government...
Tuesday, 28 October 2014

KCC Budget Consultation until 28 November

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KCC is consulting on its annual budget. As was the case last year , the key feature is the need to find savings as a result of declining gov...
Tuesday, 21 January 2014

Budget 2014-15 goes to Cabinet

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KCC's Cabinet, of which I am a member, will tomorrow consider the budget proposals for 2014-15. If approved, these proposals will then g...
Monday, 11 November 2013

Have your say: KCC budget consultation

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Kent County Council launched its consultation on the 2014-15 budget, and our plans for the coming years, at the end of last week. The Co...