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A decision is set to be taken on whether £1.1million should be spent to set up and run a children’s home for youngsters with learning disabilities. Medway Council is to discuss investing the sum in refurbishing Aut Even, a former short-breaks home for children with complex needs in Twydall. The local authority wants to make it a specialist five-bed children’s home for young people with learning disabilities, autism and neurodiversity. A decision will be made at the council’s cabinet meeting tonight (July 30) on whether to progress with plans which hope to increase the number of beds available …

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