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Damien McBeath, headteacher of John Wallis Academy in Ashford, said the school had implemented the pouches in January, which had a "huge" positive impact.

Tina Ashford, 53, rents a detached property in the nearby village of Sudbourne with her two children for £1,000 a month.

Nevertheless, it has left Ms Ashford, a single mother who works in holiday lettings and cares for an elderly couple, looking for a new home and worried about what she can afford.

Within months of the publication, inspectors became so concerned about its services that they considered closing maternity care at one of its hospitals, the William Harvey in Ashford.

The agency is investigating a number of illegal waste sites across Kent including at Hoads Wood near Ashford, Eastchurch on the Isle of Sheppey, and Swanton Lane near Canterbury.