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  Around 400 jobs are to be lost at Kent County Council next year, it's been revealed.
  
  The authority has today set out details of its spending plans for next year as it unveils a budget saving of £97million.
  This involves a raft of measures, including saving £38m in energy efficiency from having fewer staff and other savings, saving £24million from a reform of services and increasing some charges for services.
  
  The £38m will be saved by:
  
  Removing £11.4million for time-limited projects in the current budget
  Removing £7.2million from staffing budgets
  Saving £13.1million on contracted services
  Saving £1.3million from managing our buildings more efficiently
  Saving £3.1million from children's services through enhanced prevention
  But it has also outlined a £723million building programme over the next three years, including £340million to be spent on schools and academies; £140million on roads and public transport and £20million for superfast broadband.
  
  It also has plans to spend £34million on housing initiatives, including loans to make use of empty homes and help for first-time buyers.
  The council's ruling Conservative administration has confirmed it plans no increase in the council tax but its savings plan will mean another round of job losses as part of the 1,500 going over three years.
  
  Sources say the proposed budget of about £2bn will not hit frontline services but there could be higher charges for some services.

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