From MPs being recalled to Parliament over Afghanistan to the council leader who doesn't give a damn - it was another busy week in politics.

As a consultation launches on an appointment system for using recycling sites, a council pledges any measures won't be strict like in lockdown.

The government has announced it will let more than 20,000 refugees fleeing the Taliban start new lives in the UK - here's what it will mean for Kent.

A picturesque hotel popular for weddings has stepped in to house dozens of families fleeing Afghanistan amid the Taliban takeover.

A Kent MP has won praise for a powerful speech about his time in Afghanistan during a debate in parliament.

A Kent council has said it will resettle Afghan families fleeing the Taliban and the leader has strong words for people who disagree.

Kent County Council says it is investigating after 'incompetent' contractors cut back the wrong area of ancient woodland.

A Kent Tory MP says the UK should offer asylum to Afghans if they can prove they have a case.

Having waded into the asylum seeker crisis landlord Fergus Wilson has offered to sell the government 150 homes to house fleeing Afghan interpreters.

A councillor who attended meetings via Zoom from his new French home - while not updating his address publicly - has stepped down.

Elderly residents have been left frightened by unkempt and poorly lit pathways outside their homes which they say put them at risk of injury.

A councillor is calling for bright yellow lines painted in an historic town, to be removed and replaced with subtler markings.

Our political editor Paul Francis takes a look at all the big news from national and local politics this week.

Charities have hit out at the government as the number of asylum seekers crossing in small boats passes 10,000 this year.

Action has been taken against a developer who defied planning permission after it built more than it had been permitted.

There have been renewed calls for a scheme forcing other councils to take in child asylum seekers in light of hotels being used to house people.

The pingdemic and drivers being tempted away by higher-paying delivery jobs means some waste services in one Kent borough are being put on hold.

A campaign calling on tougher sentences for fly-tipping offenders to deter people illegally dumping waste blighting the countryside has been launched.

Calls have been made to make a final stand against the development of council homes on open space.

Almost 500 people in small boats reached the UK yesterday while authorities in France stop another 246 people from reaching Kent.