Article by Alan Smith at the Kent Messenger
Residents are calling for the creation of a town council.
Voters in Tonbridge fear the government’s planned reorganisation of local authorities will leave them without easy access to a councillor.
The town centre is the only part of the borough of Tonbridge and Malling that does not already have a parish or town council to represent it.
There have long been complaints of a “democratic deficit” for urban residents, with no say in decisions.
However, the need has become more pressing since the government’s announcement in December of major reforms to the local authorities.
The changes will see the existing two-tier system of borough and county councils swept away and replaced with one authority covering at least 500,000 people.
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I agree that we need our own Council in Tonbridge. Let’s hope the powers that be listen to the Tonbridge residents, which will be a first.
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