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• KCC celebrates ‘Country Park of the Year’ Award and four golds

  Four of Kent County Council’s Country Parks have been awarded Gold in the South & South East In Bloom awards. Brockhill, Lullingstone, Shorne Woods, and Trosley Country Parks were all awarded the Gold Award, with Brockhill also being named the South & South East Country Park of the Year for the fifth year in a…

• Plans to encourage active and safer journeys across Sevenoaks town

  People are being invited to share their views on proposals by Kent County Council (KCC) to encourage active and safer journeys by reducing the speed limit in Sevenoaks town. If approved, the scheme would see a 20mph zone implemented across much of the town, as well as the introduction of traffic calming measures in Dartford…

• Strengthening the response to the cost of living crisis in Kent

  The three main pillars to the burgeoning response to the cost of living crisis were discussed at Kent County Council (KCC)’s Cabinet this morning (Thursday). Firstly, there is a strength in a ‘Kent Together’-style partnership of agencies and organisations, as demonstrated during the pandemic. Secondly, wherever people reach out for assistance, they are supported to…