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  • Education and children

    Includes: school places, Kent Test, term dates, free school meals, SEND Information Hub, Kent Family Hubs, childcare, school transport and more.

  • Leisure and community

    Includes: libraries, cost of living help, country parks, arts, history, heritage, broadband, community grants, volunteering, community protection and more.

  • Roads and travel

    Includes: bus travel, report a problem, roadworks, disabled parking - Blue Badge, road safety and more.

  • Environment, waste and planning

    Includes: rubbish and recycling, planning applications, public rights of way, flooding and drainage and more.

  • Jobs

    Includes: working and training opportunities with us, as well as apprenticeships, graduate schemes and volunteering.

  • Social care and health

    Includes: adult and children's social care, how to report abuse, adoption and fostering, help to live at home, health advice, support for carers, and more.

  • Business

    Includes: loans and funding, business waste, trading standards, property we own, doing business with us and more.

  • Births, ceremonies and deaths

    Includes: births, deaths, weddings and civil partnerships and citizenship ceremonies.

  • About the council

    Includes: contact us, complaints and compliments, consultations, council meetings, county councillors, devolution, news and more.

Our budget consultation is open

This is your chance to have a say in how over £2.8 billion is spent on important services for more than 1.6 million Kent residents in 2027 to 2028.

These include social care for children and adults, education, waste disposal, public health, libraries and roads. We also want your views on Council Tax options.

Share your views and help shape our budget

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One Kent, one council

As part of Local Government Reorganisation (LGR), we're proposing a single unitary council for Kent and Medway.

The Kent Council would cost less than the other options and provide better council services. Find out more about our preferred option and why we think it's the best way forward for our unique county.

Read about our LGR proposal (PDF, 683.3 KB)

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Read our latest media releases or visit our news and features website to find out more.

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You might also be interested in

  • Book a slot at the HWRC

    If you need to visit a household waste recycling centre (HWRC), you need to book a slot first.

  • Cost of living support

    Got money worries? Looking for ways to make your money go further? Get advice and support.

  • Report a pothole

    Spotted a pothole on our roads? Let us know using our reporting tool.