Investigations
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Council Updates Liberal Democrats hold Tunbridge Wells with 11-seat sweep — Reform UK’s first borough slate yields no councillors
Liberal Democrats retained outright control of Tunbridge Wells Borough Council on Friday, sweeping 11 of 15 seats. Reform UK contested every
8 May 2026 -
Council Updates What’s Really Happening to Kent’s Rivers, Beaches and Water Bills
Almost every monitored river in the Medway and the Stour now fails the legal environmental tests. Eleven Kent sewage treatment works are run
7 May 2026 -
Council Updates Tunbridge Wells Borough Council elections: your complete voter’s guide
From the Liberal Democrat administration that took the council outright in 2024, to Reform UK’s full-slate insurgent push, from the Tunbridg
6 May 2026 -
Investigations The Cost of Crisis: How Kent’s Water and Sewage Networks Are Failing
Ninety-seven per cent of monitored water bodies in the Medway basin, and one hundred per cent of those in the Stour, now fail the legal defi
4 May 2026 -
Council Updates Medway Council elections: your complete voter’s guide
From the Labour administration to Reform UK, from Independent Group veterans to the newer local-first parties — every option facing Medway v
29 April 2026 -
Investigations Kent’s Councils Are Being Reorganised — Here’s What the Government’s Own Documents Reveal
Your Kent council is being replaced in 2028. The Government admits it has no records to show why. About £400 per Kent resident in long-term
27 April 2026 -
Council Updates Lords vote clears Devolution Bill for Royal Assent — Kent councils’ pre-Bill conduct remains subject to live legal challenge
The English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill cleared its final Lords stages on Thursday 23 April 2026 and now awaits Royal Assent.
25 April 2026 -
Investigations Exclusive: Ministry admits no legal rationale, no consultation records, no impact assessment — as documents show Kent LGR sold to residents as mandatory
FOIA documents obtained by Kent Local News show the Ministry of Housing held no legal rationale, consultation records or financial impact as
23 April 2026 -
Council Updates Kent’s ‘illegal migration emergency’ motion, one month on: what has it delivered?
One month after Kent County Council declared an ‘illegal migration emergency’, Kent Local News reviews the motion’s actual record. Greens ga
20 April 2026 -
Investigations Britain’s Energy Future — A Practical Path to Power
After exposing who really benefits from the energy debate, Daniel Dabin sets out a practical energy strategy for Britain. Part 4 of 4: The G
9 April 2026 -
Investigations Green or Fossil — Who Wins the Energy Revolution?
What happens when every nation is forced down a single energy path? This investigation models two extreme scenarios — ranking winners and lo
7 April 2026 -
Investigations Follow the Supply Chain — The True Cost of Green Energy
Over three decades, Western nations dismantled their manufacturing base and rebuilt it in China. Now the green energy agenda proposes handin
6 April 2026