内容摘要："Air pollution is a major issue which affects us all, but particularly the most vulnerable in society including children and the elderly," he added.

"Air pollution is a major issue which affects us all, but particularly the most vulnerable in society including children and the elderly," he added.

They are also in charge of education, including school places, the Kent Test, free school meals and support for children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (Send).Councillors set policies around transport too, including bus travel and fixing road surfaces.

Libraries, community grants and youth hubs also receive council funding.In most of Kent, borough, district and city councils act as a second tier of local government and have different responsibilities, like deciding where homes can be built.There aren't any district, borough or city council elections in Kent this year.

If you live in Medway the set up is different. That is because council services are run through a unitary authority. That is one authority in charge of all local services.Medway Council held its last election in May 2023, so it's not due one this year.

Polling day takes place in the rest of Kent on 1 May.

If you have registered to vote you should receive a polling card in the post. This will tell you where to go to vote.They were waiting for Royal Assent, the formality in the legislative process when the King formally agrees to make a bill an act of parliament, and so the law.

Not that this was snail's pace law-making, far from it.This was a legislative sprint, the timeline from First Reading to Royal Assent measured in hours, not the months it would normally take.

That moment of Royal Assent happened at around 18:00 on Saturday night and with that those officials could head into the plant, after emergency legislation was rushed through Parliament in a single day.There were concerns in government about the prospect of unrest at the site, and relief there wasn't any.