Medway

Councillor Alan Jarrett, Leader of Medway Council and Medway Conservative Group has issued the below statement: “During my interview on Radio Kent on the 1st February 2021, I was shocked to hear the claims made by Labour member Councillor Clive Johnson that we need to invest more in children’s services. At the 2020 budget meeting Labour, in a recorded vote, voted against the motion to increase funding for Children’s Services by £7 million. However fortunately this unbelievably callous act was in the minority and Medway Conservatives allocated an additional £7 million to funding Children’s...