21 minutes | Tuesday, 5 March 2024
Bosses at a bar in Ashford have made a U-turn on their decision to go cashless after some customers said they would not go back.The Glass House opened in the Lower High Street in 2018 and management recently announced the move on socials.A Kent homelessness charity is warning lives could be lost as funding for their services is set to be cut.Porchlight say they will be losing out on around a million pounds a year which could mean closing some of their hostels.The government's Rwanda bill has suffered five defeats in the House of Lords.It means it will now go backwards and forwards between both houses of Parliament while MPs and peers try to reach agreement. A leading Kent business expert has been telling us what he is hoping to hear from tomorrow's Budget.Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is due to announce the government's economic plans. which could include tax cuts and a reduction in the amount spent on some public services.And in football, Gillingham make the long trip north to Barrow in League 2 tonight.It follows their 2-0 win over Salford City at the weekend which moved them into the play-off places.