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Are you cheating the system if you tutor your child?

Kent County Council is looking at the 11 plus tests to see if they can be made fairer. There is a concern that parents who can afford to pay for private tutoring or a private school can buy their children an advantage. We will hear from
Kent County Council's cabinet member for education Mike Whiting.

Have a think about the situation we now find ourselves in in Kent with widespread tutoring.

Twenty years ago no-one was doing it were they? Everyone just sat a test in the school hall and went home again and a few weeks later you found out if you were going to grammar school or not. Some children did not even realise that they had just sat a public test.

How times have changed, tutoring is big business in Kent.

Have you paid for a tutor? Why?

There is bad news for many homeowners today.

More than a million mortgage borrowers are facing higher monthly payments, as seven lenders increase lending rates by up to 0.5%.

In some cases that will add about 拢55 to the monthly cost of an average 拢200,000 mortgage.

It will come as an unpleasant added expense to many already struggling to make ends meet.

We speak to Kent based independent financial advisor, David Braithwaite.

We hear your views and stories.

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