A three-party council coalition has crumbled in a week due to rows over controversial plans for an 8,400-home estate.

In this week’s Kent Politics Podcast, new MP Kevin McKenna explains why he intervened in controversial plans to build 8,000 homes.

A war on potholes is to get under way next year with Kent to receive more funding than any other region in the south east.

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

A Kent MP has backed a bill he believes will better hold water companies to account over the dumping of sewage in the county’s largest river.

A Kent council is to benefit from a government funding boost increasing its spending power by nearly 7%.

A controversial plan to create a Young Mayor has been approved with one councillor saying it might get recognised internationally.

Tourism across a Kent district is booming with visitor numbers now surpassing pre-pandemic levels, according to a new report.

‘Ridiculous’ proposals to bring in one-way streets and to close some roads to traffic in one Kent town have been dropped after public opposition.

Councillors have walked away from a ruling coalition over fears the government is putting “profit before people and the planet”.

Kent’s councils have been told change is afoot as the Labour administration presses ahead with a speedy shake-up of local government.

One of the county’s most prominent politicians says proposals to shake-up local government are potentially good news but need careful management.

Newly-elected MPs have resigned from their council positions to focus on their work in Westminster following the Labour party’s summer triumph.

The government has announced the biggest reforms of local councils for half a century - but Kent’s future is far from clear.

The public is set to be asked about a stretch of scenic seafront which has been a controversial parking area.

Female councillors have spoken of their own experiences in a debate on violence against women and girls.

Kent’s most pricey parking capital is on course to make a bumper profit after levels “exceeded expectations”.

With hundreds of thousands of residents having not paid council tax we look at how serious the consequences can be.

The painting of yellow lines on a 500-metre stretch of road featuring a “nightmare” junction has been welcomed by relieved neighbours.

More than 13,000 homes need to be built in Kent every year under new government targets - including some on areas of the green belt.