Local elections should go ahead, argues potential Kent mayoral candidate Lord Mackinlay
Lord Mackinlay, a potential frontrunner in the race to be the first directly-elected Mayor of Kent, has said planned council elections should not be delayed. | ITV News Meridian ...
Easy guide to Angela Rayner’s ‘devolution revolution’ reforms of local government in Kent
The running of local councils is to change under sweeping government reforms - here is an easy guide in six questions to get ...
Kent Online9d
18 councils make requests to postpone elections ahead of reorganisation
With 21 county councils and 10 unitary authorities due to hold elections ... Kent, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Oxfordshire, Suffolk, Surrey, Thurrock, Warwickshire, and Worcestershire ...
Local election cancellations spark fury as shocking migration numbers emerge
The 12 authorities to call off the ballots have seen a 344% increase in the number of asylum seekers being housed in their ...
Local elections set to be postponed after vote backs huge Kent council shake-up
Kent County Council has voted to press on with sweeping local government reforms which will include a directly elected mayor ...
Daily Express9d
Full list of councils 'denying democracy' by asking to postpone May elections
Local government minister Jim McMahon told the Commons: "Where local elections are postponed ... 59 out of 81 county council seats - across Kent.
The Impartial Reporter14d
11 councils ask Government to postpone local elections ahead of reorganisation
Worcestershire, Hampshire, Kent, Gloucestershire and Thurrock have also requested ... But the prospect of delaying local elections has met with opposition from a range of political parties. The ...
BBC on MSN17d
Council to ask for elections to be cancelled
John Kent, Labour leader of Thurrock Council, says there is not time to hold local elections due to local government reorganisation. [BBC] Thurrock Council has confirmed it will ask the government to ...