Jeremy Hunt will receive a letter asking for financial support in next month's Autumn Statement as a council aims to plug its £17 million budget gap.

We have launched our Be Bright Be Seen campaign once again to keep youngsters visible on the roads.

A move to give police more powers to tackle boy racers has won the approval of the whole council.

All taxis will be required to offer card payments after concerns about young women being stranded.

A bid to stop a controversial traffic scheme being introduced has ended in failure.

A mental health trust boss returned before a council committee to give an updated strategy on how his service would improve after major criticism.

A community fundraiser for Christmas lights has increased its goal for the second time after residents donated in droves.

Christmas lights displays will go ahead in five town centres after the council controversial cut funding for them.

A private housing company has confirmed it will be moving 81 families into a block of flats which had been earmarked for asylum seekers.

Several housing schemes will be delivered thanks to a council receiving almost £4 million in government funding.

Christmas lights displays and switch-on events have been cancelled by a cash-strapped council to save £75,000.

A campaigner says local authorities should have created more sites for Kent’s Gypsy, Roma and Traveller population.

Upset residents only found out by accident that new neighbouring homes had been approved.

A polling prediction website says the number of Labour MPs in Kent will rise after the next general election, with tactical voting likely.

An MP has labelled a major shopping centre a relic from a bygone time and has called for it to be knocked down to make room for housing.

Labour candidate Lauren Edwards is aiming to become an MP despite previously being baffled why anybody would want to.

A former riverside rubbish tip is to be transformed into a new park in a £1.3 million green project.

Kent Police is one step closer to gaining new powers for combating boy racers.

Residents will get chance to influence future development in Medway at a series of upcoming events asking for feedback on the proposed Local Plan.

A council-led scheme offering drivers free parking one day a week has been scrapped amid financial troubles.