A local authority has stressed it will “not back down” until it gets the £50 million needed to tackle the number of potholes plaguing its streets.

Residents could be in for a long wait in getting their bin collections up-to-date, according to the guest of this week’s Kent Politics Podcast.

A tourist town’s help desk office for visitors is set to shut permanently as part of a cash-strapped council’s cutbacks.

Motorists caught causing a nuisance in one part of Kent could now be “named and shamed” as a council pledges to ‘“change the culture”.

Desperate residents say they need their streets fixing fast as a council argues it needs £50 million to get the job done.

Concerns have been raised that a decision to remove a long-standing town centre barrier will lead to someone being hurt.

A football coach told to stop running classes for disadvantaged kids in a park because he hasn’t filled out the right forms has vowed to carry on.

This week’s Kent Politics Podcast special guest takes aim at the Government over its funding of councils across the county.

A four-year plan to improve part of Kent and make it more attractive to visitors has been questioned by some after recent cost-cutting measures.

A project to turn a Police Section House at the former Royal Dockyard Chatham into a creative digital hub is to get £3.5m National Lottery funding.

Eyesore homes once occupied “unlawfully” near a school and church could soon be refurbished and returned to the market.

The man hoping to become Dover’s next MP says the government has lost touch with what ordinary people actually want.

A stroke service which was abruptly removed from a hospital last year is set to return.

There are “inconsistencies" in the way children with special education needs in one part of Kent are treated, an inspection has uncovered.

Five years after declaring a climate emergency, a local authority is seeking views on updating its action plan to ensure it is meeting its goals.

A cash-strapped council has rejected a motion to review its controversial decision to axe free swimming for children.

Plans have been officially submitted for nearly 200 new homes and a riverside cafe overlooking a castle and a cathedral.

A zoo under financial strain is proposing to upgrade its facilities and bring in a number of endangered species in the hope of securing its future.

This week’s Kent Politics Podcast welcomes Dover’s council leader who says the county will have a problem with small boats for a long time to come.

A ten-year plan to spearhead social regeneration in some of the most deprived areas of Medway Swale has been launched.