Reform UK - East Thanet Constituency

01/09/2026

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31/08/2026

More houses planned for Thanet.

Thanet District Council have announced a consultation on the new ‘Thanet Local Plan’. The consultation will be open until the 9th October.

In relation to housing, the Council needs to consider, as a starting point, the Government’s “standard method”.

This calculation (as of May 2026), results in a minimum Local Housing Need of 1,106 dwellings per year for Thanet.

The Council would like to hear about:

Any sites that might be available to help meet the development needs of the district.

The move to Unitary Authorities in 2028 does not negate the need for the Thanet Local Plan.

Full details can be found here:

30/08/2026

Labour in hock to the Unions.

Andy Burnham has handed train drivers a lucrative pay rise to avoid strikes on the country’s flagship London to Manchester line.

In his first significant public sector wage deal since coming to power, the prime minister has agreed “bumper” pay deals with union leaders for Avanti West Coast, the main operator of services between London, Birmingham, Manchester and Glasgow.

The Aslef union has secured Avanti drivers, who start on a salary of about £70,000, time-and-ahalf pay on Sundays, a single-year wage rise of 3.6 per cent — above the most recent inflation rate of 2.9 per cent — and up to £720 simply for turning up to work on a fifth day of the working week.

The union’s most recent accounts show it gave Labour more than £300,000 in 2024, including for the general election campaign won by Sir Keir Starmer, who subsequently gave drivers a controversial 15 per cent pay rise in conjunction with Louise Haigh, who was then the transport secretary. (The Times)

23/08/2026

Shocking to see violence returns to Ramsgate with Harbour Street cordoned off and further cordons at Harbour Parade following an incident early hours of Sunday morning.
This follows a similar incident in Grange Road on Friday morning.

Police are over stretched and under strength. The people of Ramsgate are feeling the pain.

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Two men have been seriously injured in a stabbing which has left parts of a seafront and town centre cordoned off.

22/08/2026

KCC Councillor for Broadstairs finds himself making hay while the sun shines.

Frustrated residents of St Peter’s Court in Broadstairs have finally won a seven week battle to get their community grassland cut after a land ownership conundrum left the site abandoned and …

13/08/2026

Local road closure Richborough, Sandwich area causing problems on vital route.

Motorists are facing a lengthy diversion for the next 10 days while Southern Water carries out repairs to a water main.

10/08/2026

Are the Home Office solving the problem or highlighting the problem?

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06/08/2026

Visit Ramsgate

Ramsgate Day transforms the town centre into a giant circus-inspired celebration on Saturday 15th August 2026.

31/07/2026

With some councils using illegal children’s homes (unregistered) KCC open new ones.