Four district authorities are at risk of losing out on £1.3m of support each year towards their waste recycling services as Kent County Council seeks to make further budget savings. At present, KCC gives Gravesham, Ashford, Maidstone and Swale sums of £400k, £272k, £333.9k and £297.9k respectively towards their recycling measures, based on their performance. But the agreements with those councils expire in March and April. KCC’s head of waste management services, David Beaver, was very much for extending the arrangement for a further two years, in the expectation that by that time the governme…
