A council has become the first in Kent to recognise experience within the care system as a protected characteristic when making decisions.

Grants have been awarded to groups and charities throughout Kent aimed at preventing suicides.

The leader of the county’s largest local authority has accused the government of falling silent over its plans to build more than one million homes.

A Kent council is to “hold the Prime Minister’s feet to the fire” over his failure to introduce voting for 16-year-olds in the King’s Speech.

Councillors gave a teenage Ukrainian student a standing ovation for his moving speech about leaving his homeland.

A town may not get the new leisure centre it was promised by 2031, despite £60m being set aside for the project.

Two former MPs have backed a Kent Tory politician to become the new Conservative Party leader.

The head of Princess Anne’s former Kent school is among leaders condemning Labour’s bid to end tax breaks for private education.

Kent’s only new Conservative MP has lifted the lid on what lessons should be learned from her party’s disastrous general election showing.

Speculation is mounting that recently reelected Tom Tugendhat could be poised for a second bite at the Tory leadership contest.

A council leader has said he is “incredibly worried” about the Labour government’s direction on planning policy.

More than 200 people have made claims against an NHS Trust following the conviction of serial mortuary sex abusers and killer David Fuller.

From housing to small boats, our political editor Paul Francis explains what the King’s Speech could mean for our county.

A newly elected MP hopes to finally help a road re-open more than a year after it collapsed.

Controversial plans to boost the size of a massive electrical station on the cusp of protected land have been branded “environmental vandalism”.

Kent’s courts are facing chronic caseloads, causing long delays in justice being served and harming victims, says the Police and Crime Commissioner.

A constituency’s new MP says he has “big changes” lined up for his area.

A council has approved plans to bring in charges for those who bin more than others.

Apprenticeships have long been a way into skilled professions - so why are numbers dwindling so dramatically?

Political editor Paul Francis examines how affiliation with teams or athletes can work in politicians’ favour - and when it can go drastically wrong.