£12 million pounds by the reckoning of almost all in Maidstone is not an insignificant sum, and certainly more than tuppenny rice and treacle. However, it took just 27 seconds to cut £12 millions from MBC's Medium Term Financial Strategy.
Find out what has been occurring in the chamber in December.
The theme of council meetings in November was very much that of cancellation, delay, and revisitation.
Despite the opposition of almost all of the Conservative Group, including the Local Members the Council voted on Wednesday night to ask the Cabinet to reconsider is support for the proposal to massively extend ragstone quarrying at Oaken Woods.
After various contentious issues in September the chamber in October returned to normal day-to-day business.
Any budding gardeners with some free time on their hands are being encouraged to get involved with volunteering opportunities to help improve sites around Maidstone town centre.
