Mel Dawkins
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Mel Dawkins
@meldawkins.bsky.social
Labour & Coop Kent County councillor. Canterbury City Centre / St Stephens councillor . Cabinet member for environment climate change & open spaces.
Saxophonist, musician, songwriter,composer.
Political activist & campaigner
Resident of the planet earth.
Developers have exploited weak rules for years—landbanking, delaying builds. Time for #useitorloseit policies to break the cycle & fix the backlog.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

#HousingCrisis #PlanningReform #SocialHousing
#SpendingReview
Labour MPs poised to rebel over planning bill amid concerns for nature
Ministers understood to be drawing up amendments to bill to try to head off threatened rebellion by two dozen MPs
www.theguardian.com
June 12, 2025 at 8:51 AM
June 2, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Also what has Farage and Yusuf got to do with Kent council? Don't remember him being voted in. It's a farce.
June 2, 2025 at 8:04 AM
This is a total waste of time and money. Money that we have paid for. In the meantime officers continue to deliver the services as best they can for SEN , education and all reviews that have been in process are left on hold because Reform have cancelled all the meetings.
June 2, 2025 at 8:04 AM
All local government information is subject to Freedom of Information and officers are bound to the highest level of accountability ensuring that all procurement, data and financial affairs are done in the most transparent way possible.
June 2, 2025 at 8:04 AM
The whole DOGE means handing over residents personal information that will breach GDPR regulations and ultimately not find out anything more than we already know and have access too.
voted in?
June 2, 2025 at 8:04 AM
American style processed used by Musk on a DOGE procedure that the council already do through the meetings they are cancelling, such as the Governance and Audit committee.
June 2, 2025 at 8:04 AM