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The controversial issue of how Kent deals with lone asylum-seeking children arriving in small boats is due back in the High Court.
Sick days among Kent Police officers are at a six-year high with the majority taking time off due to mental health issues and stress.
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A senior Conservative has issued a grim reminder of the authority's financial predicament less than a day after another major council went bust.
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Thousands of children could be left with nowhere to go after funding was pulled from dozens of youth clubs across the county.
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A local government chief has echoed warnings sounded by Kent that councils are at financial breaking point.
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Families whose relatives were given 48 hours to find a new care home after theirs shut suddenly will soon know its fate.
As Crime Commissioner Matthew Scott prepares to stand for re-election, he explains how a landslide election defeat led to him making history in Kent.
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Local authorities have been warned to be on ‘red alert' after hackers gained access to the county council’s children's department.
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A county councillor has sparked fury by suggesting he’d close even more than the four tips already under threat from swingeing cuts.
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Calls are growing for more to be done to help business owners as they face a retail crime epidemic described as “more like looting than shoplifting”.
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Two Conservative members at Kent County Council have been suspended for defying the party on housing policy.
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Councillors have criticised the ‘pitiful’ fines handed out to utility companies causing unnecessary jams on the county’s roads.
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A former leader received two rounds of applause after criticising Kent County Council’s current top table.
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A redundant primary school, earmarked for dozens of homes, is set to go on the market.
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An attempt to halt proposals to offload eight of the county’s historic windmills has been defeated.
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Top Tories have been accused of burying their heads in the sand by refusing to take plans to close waste centres off the table.
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Parents say planned cuts to youth clubs will leave children with nowhere to go, and that they fear some will turn to crime.
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Councillors say action is needed to protect shopkeepers following a spike in shoplifting in the county.
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A guru is ‘baffled’ at why the government isn’t doing more to help ‘well-run’ councils that have found themselves staring into the financial abyss.
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Kent County Council’s financial position has “weakened significantly” because it has been forced to dip into its savings pots to cover costs.
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