We were alarmed to see Thanet District Council (TDC) pass the motion to implement the reduction in the council tax support scheme at the full council meeting on 1st December. We believe this will be a disaster for the poorest families and children in Thanet, many of whom live in the poorest wards in the South […]
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Save the Dane Valley workshops. Save livelihoods.
PRESS RELEASE GMB call on Thanet Council to abandon sale of small business workshops and come forward with plan to save jobs. The priority must not be for asset disposal but for jobs. Thanet’s economy needs to be thoroughly regenerated to bring to the area new well paid jobs that are part of the economy […]
GMB call for more robust tax regime to reduce vacant properties in Kent
Many, many more of these purposefully unoccupied dwellings must be utilised more thoroughly and for that to happen there needs to be a punitive tax regime put in place says GMB Southern There are 18,380 vacant properties in Kent, over a quarter of which, 5,375, have been vacant for more than 6 months. In England […]
Night lighting is to be finally switched back on in Ramsgate and across the isle
Streetlights in Ramsgate – and the rest of the isle -will be turned back on at night. This story first appeared on the KentLive website on 10th November 2016. Following calls from Ramsgate councillor Karen Constantine and trade union GMB Southern Region it has now been confirmed that work to convert the lights to LED […]
Love your local. Cheers to the Montefiore Arms in Ramsgate
ACV – Asset of Community Value. Being a member of The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) for more than 20 years, I was really delighted to be invited to the ‘Monti’, the Montefiore Arms pub in Trinity Place, Ramsgate. It’s just been registered as a community assist. What does that mean? Well The Localism Act 2011 introduced […]
Policies to boost participation in Thanet Labour Market essential for economic regeneration
Low wage rates and low job opportunities are a perfect storm for the women of Thanet says Labour Party candidate The Labour Party in Thanet are calling for the participation levels in the local labour market to be bolstered to those of surrounding areas in Kent and the South East. Employment rates in Thanet are 72.5%, […]
Thanet’s housing nightmare
The local housing bill may be seen as a step in the right direction by some. Like many pieces of legislation it will have some positive and some negative impact. I became a councillor for the Newington Ward of Ramsgate some nine months ago. I’m very proud to have been elected by the residents and […]
£24,150 Average earnings for full time workers in Thanet is bottom of the Kent pay league new official survey shows:
Thanet’s economy needs to be thoroughly regenerated to bring to the area new well paid jobs that are part of the economy in London and other areas of the country says Labour Party candidate. The median average pay for full-time workers resident in Thanet is £24,150 according to the new Annual Survey of Hours and […]
The environmental and economic threat from Brett Aggregates
Myself and Raushan Rahman both work and live very close to the Ramsgate Port. We are passionate about Ramsgate, about preserving its unique heritage and safeguarding against any potential or actual negative impact on the local environment. Here we have put some facts together which support our argument against the planning application to Kent County Council by […]
Letters opposing the Brett application for aggregate washing in the Port of Ramsgate
Brett’s have recently applied to Kent County Council (KCC) for a Certificate of Lawfulness of Proposed Use or Development (CLOPUD) for the erection of a sand and gravel washing plant in the Port of Ramsgate. As a local resident and councillor, I am extremely concerned about the detrimental impact the proposal could have on the nearby […]