The precedent for this has been set. By overwhelming agreement of most political parties the voting age for Scotland's independence referendum was set at 16. The case for change was that this…
In 2017 Sevenoaks commuters were promised big improvements to rail services: transfer of Metro services starting from Sevenoaks to Transport for London, to give us Oyster / contactless fares, staff…
Liberal Democrats are very clear - the whole point of being a councillor is to represent your community. That's what the job is about, and it's much more important than following a party line or…
Tony Clayton, Sevenoaks Town Councillor. Governments often claim that education funding is growing. But they usually fail to account for the number of students the budgets have to cover. …
Dr Alan Bullion Now the dust has settled on May elections across the country we can start to see why the Liberal Democrats made gains. Sevenoaks had no local elections this year, but…
The new timetable for Sevenoaks trains to London comes in on May 21st. On the whole it's an improvement on what we've had during the London Bridge rebuild. We get regular trains to London - 8…
Dr Merilyn Canet What is being done to preserve the Green Belt? Councillor Merilyn Canet The Green Belt, introduced between 1948 and 1955 around the largest urban areas, is supposed to: …
Many areas have reported a rise in council tax. Are we getting value for money?
For people in Sevenoaks, 'safer streets' means something simple. It's the ability to walk our town without feeling threatened by heavy or speeding traffic, and to cross the roads and use the…
Tony Clayton Dear Editor It is never good to feel ashamed of your own government, but many in Sevenoaks will have experienced just that over the Windrush scandal. We may have hoped that…
