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Reform sets its sights on cutting school transport bills
Dover Express
|July 03, 2025
KENT County Council leader Linden Kemkaran has pledged to tackle the “absolutely enormous” £98 million annual bill the authority faces for taxis which take children to school.
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The county council is required to provide home-to-school transport for children with special educational needs and disabilities, or where a child cannot be found a school place near their home.
The bill has soared in part because of the way education health care plans (ECHPs), which entitle many children to door-to-door transport, have been changed in recent years.
Speaking to Times Radio, Cllr Kemkaran said: “I'm led to believe that a lot of taxi companies quote KCC a rate that is way above the market rate.
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Binlerce özenle seçilmiş premium hikayeye ve 9.000'den fazla dergi ve gazeteye erişmek için Magzter GOLD'a abone olun.
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