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Kent County Council's (KCC) proposed cuts to bus subsidies were debated, for the final time, at a Full Council Meeting on Thursday (20th October) afternoon.

The public consultation prompted 2,562 responses from residents, plus 55 individual letters and 4 responses from local MPs across the county but at the meeting the Conservative-led Council decided to go ahead with the plans.

KCC Leader, Roger Gough, told the meeting that: "it was necessary to balance KCC's budget for this year but we will still spending £3.8m on buses that would otherwise not run".

Users of central Sittingbourne's only community centre, Phoenix House on Central Avenue, took their campaign to the front of Swale House earlier today.

Up to 50 local groups currently use the centre, which is earmarked "for other uses" from February by Kent County Council (KCC).

Sara Seabridge, Centre Manager, told SFM News "The KCC have given us notice to vacate the building in February (2014). There are lots of groups using the current facility, which is in the heart of the town centre, who will find it difficult to relocate elsewhere".