The Chancellor will be opening up that famous budget briefcase today but what could it mean for Kent?

A Kent port could once again be the focus of frustrating delays for freight in the run-up to Christmas, it has been warned.

Proposals for a glamping retreat have been slammed by councillors, and described as situated 'in a back garden, between two other back gardens'.

Campaigners have hit back after MPs voted against amending a bill that would put a legal duty on water firms to stop pouring sewage into waterways.

A Kent food bank has reported a 'disturbing' spike in demand, which it blames on recent cuts to benefits and the rising cost of living.

Kent Tories have been accused of treating benefits cuts as 'a joke' following comments made about a sweepstake at a county council meeting.

Tributes have been paid to a long-serving and popular borough councillor at a service of thanksgiving.

Our political editor takes a look back at this week's biggest stories, from a twist in the Manston airport saga to a less confrontational Parliament.

Increasing pressures over paying for its social services have seen a council project a huge hole in its budget.

We joined Nigel Farage and controversial historian David Starkey for 'Farage at Large', live from a Kent Wetherspoon.

The purchase of a former office block, which was granted planning permission earlier this year to be converted, has been confirmed by a Kent council.

Tributes have been paid to a long serving councillor who served for more than three decades and was most recently chair of the county council.

Sleeping pods, a shepherd's hut and afternoon tea are proposed for a glamping retreat, but parish councillors are not happy campers over the plans.

A 200-year-old law which criminalises rough sleeping will be scrapped following pressure from a Kent MP, but no deadline has been set as to when.

A council chief executive is facing calls to step down in the wake of a damning report which revealed a culture of bullying at the authority.

A MP from the county says she and colleagues face vile abuse from members of the public who see them as "fair game" for vitriol.

Ten borough councillors will lose their seats if a ward boundary shake-up is agreed.

A Kent MP has revealed he was forced to change his security arrangements after it was found a constituent who sent vile emails had an unlicensed gun.

Four Liberal Democrat councillors at a local authority, including the group leader, have left the party.

In the wake of the horrific death of Sir David Amess the question of MPs safety and online hatred is back on the agenda.