Thanet and Sittingbourne and Sheppey MPs join backbench group fighting for different approach to Covid-19 restrictions.

A council's local plan review, which includes plans for two new settlements, has been approved for public consultation.

Brexit, Covid and free school meals - here are the issues topping the political agenda this week.

As KCC's budget consultation continues, we speak to each party to hear what they want to see happen with the county's finances.

Kent's top theatre is celebrating after being awarded a government investment to help its survival.

Political editor Paul Francis gives his views on what's happened in the world of our politics in the county this week.

How council services will be affected for residents during the second lockdown has been announced by authority bosses.

A Kent Labour MP says a probe which found the party broke equality law in its handling of claims of anti-Semitism confirms what "many others knew".

Plans for a council to set up its own company to build affordable housing will be its "second biggest investment" in 50 years.

A baby missing after a boat of asylum seekers capsized on its way to Kent is feared dead as French rescuers stop searching the waters.

Businesses have stepped up to provide free school meals to children this half term after MPs voted against extending the measure.

The end of the US election is just two weeks away, so we spoke to a local international relations expert to recap what is going on across the pond.

A restaurant has hit out at a Kent MP and banned him from its venue after he failed to vote to keep free school meals during the holidays.

A £6.3 million grant is to be used to set up a test and trace system in Kent to "bolster" a national scheme that's come in for widespread criticism.

A controversial application for nearly 200 homes has been deferred, over concerns about open space in the development.

A Medway MP has introduced a bill which would make humanist marriages legal, after a Kent couple lost their battle with the High Court in August.

A community champion has branded a local MP 'weak' after blocking the extension of free school meals throughout the holidays.

A bid to extend free school meals for the country's poorest pupils over the holidays was backed by just one Kent MP.

A controversial application to build nearly 200 homes on land known as the pea fields, has been recommended for approval by council officers.

Public funds have been pumped into a council's commercial trading arm amid a dire financial year.