Our political editor Paul Francis rounds up the latest goings on at Westminster and Kent County Council headquarters this week.

A major overhaul of a sports centre has been stopped as a council tries to balance its books.

Care minister and Kent MP Helen Whately was left stumped during a radio interview in which she was unable to say what a new nurse earned.

A council has been accused of trying to "pull the wool over people's eyes" by including a new bridge as part of a £170m development scheme.

Tory councillors have asked Secretary of State Robert Jenrick to intervene in a Kent council's Local Plan review.

A trial will go ahead after the Home Office admitted conditions at a camp for asylum seekers could breach human rights.

A Kent MP says she intends to 'max out on life' after celebrating the end of radiotherapy treatment after her breast cancer diagnosis.

The Home Secretary has written to residents living near a controversial barracks ahead of an inspection today.

An academy chief believes classes could be welcomed back more safely by using marquees.

There have been very few Brexit queues as police officers from 33 forces come to help out in Kent.

Residents are outraged over plans for a new development that would see the number of homes in their village increase by 20%.

A Tory revolt fails to amount to anything, a hike in council tax and another health shake-up - we round-up this week's political news in Kent.

Church leaders are calling for Napier Barracks - which is being used to house asylum seekers - to be shut down.

KCC has voted to up council tax by 5%, meaning average households face an increase of at least £73.

No-nonsense signs telling runners to "jog on" from a town centre as part of a crackdown on non-essential visits in the pandemic have been taken down.

A Kent MP is calling on the government to halt developments on farmland amid fears prime agricultural plots will be lost forever.

Two county councillors have lost the party whip over their opposition to a proposed 5% increase in council tax.

A minister has refused to say how long a barracks will be used to house asylum seekers despite mounting criticism and an outbreak of Covid-19.

Councillors are looking at proposals to freeze its part of council tax due to the pandemic.

County council, crime commissioner and district council polls in Kent will go ahead despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.