A motion calling for a council to put pressure on the government and a major Kent business over the Gaza conflict has been overwhelmingly rejected.

A council meeting was brought to an abrupt pause after officers had to step in to warn councillors against approving a potentially unlawful motion.

Views are being sought on proposals for 500 homes, a new supermarket and a retirement living complex on a large former gas works and waterfront site.

Plans have been submitted for hundreds of new homes, a primary school and a community centre near an oft-gridlocked road junction.

Police have objected to a town centre shop selling alcohol because of crime and anti-social behaviour, including flowerbeds being used as toilets.

The deadline to nominate local heroes in an annual celebration of community spirit has been extended.

This week’s Kent Politics Podcast guest is Medway Council chief executive Richard Hicks who talks devolution and local government reorganisation.

Plans have been approved for a former family-run timber yard which closed after almost 100 years of trading.

New automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) cameras are set to go live to enforce traffic restrictions such as no right-hand turns and no entry.

The running of local councils is to change under sweeping government reforms - here is an easy guide in six questions to get your head round them.

The candidate list for by-elections taking place next month has been published.

A shortage of places has led a council to consider proposals to create and operate its own care home.

A council’s coffers are looking lighter than they should be owing to a large amount of fines that haven’t been paid over a two-and-a-half year period.

The leaders of Kent’s councils have written to the government to express an interest in joining the Devolution Priority Programme (DPP).

A local authority says it has a plan to tackle problems with its adult social care services highlighted in a health watchdog report.

Speaking to this week’s Kent Politics Podcast, one of the county’s newest MPs says he expects war with Russia may be inevitable.

The future of a recreation ground at the heart of a controversial housing development has been thrown into doubt after the owners decide to sell it.

An MP is calling for law change on food hygiene rating displays after an investigation by KentOnline and the Local Democracy Reporting Service.

A proposal to rejuvenate a run down part of town with new flats has been turned down amid fears it will just “aggravate” existing problems.

Government plans to revolutionise the council structure in Kent has been met with “pragmatic realism” by the county’s 14 local authority leaders.