Instead, households without a local connection would have to face a special panel to rule on their eligibility.

BBC: Kent council plans changes to council housing criteria

In future, any household wanting to move to Gravesham without a local connection would have to face a special panel to rule on their eligibility.

BBC: Gravesham council homes will go to local people

Home Rule, he felt, was the only way a lasting political connection could be maintained between the two islands.

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This time, too, Mr Bussi's rule has been controversial: he was suspended for 52 days last year in connection with allegations of corruption and tax evasion.

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