Exclusive: The Home Office could extend the use of a former military barracks to house asylum seekers despite local backlash, KentOnline can reveal.

Kent’s pensioners, who might just miss out on winter fuel payments, are being offered £1m worth help as the weather turns chillier.

Plans to scale back a scheme giving disabled children support to attend out-of-school clubs have been approved.

Kent’s deepening special educational needs crisis and the rocketing cost to the taxpayer is today laid bare.

Students are set to see their student loans increase after the cap for university tuition fees was confirmed - but maintenance loans will rise too.

A homophobic church, which preaches that being gay is “a trap of the devil”, has sparked concerns as it prepares to open in a former leisure centre.

Campaigners desperate to save family hub services are to stage a protest demo outside County Hall.

This week’s podcast discusses the budget, the long-running Chatham Docks saga, and welcomes one of the county’s new MPs.

A council plans on battling “the plague” of shopping trolleys dumped in its rivers and streets by hitting supermarkets harder in the pocket.

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has unveiled Labour’s first Budget for 14 years - but what does it mean for the county?

Plans for what could be one of the UK’s largest housing developments look set to be refused.

The closure of an ancient bridge is causing delays to motorists’ and residents’ journey times.

The government has decided not to intervene in a controversial planning bid to convert an industrial docks site.

The candidates who are nominated for an upcoming by-election have been revealed.

A Kent MP says an urgent call for action is needed to combat the £42 billion cost of the country’s leading cause of death.

The number of untaxed vehicles being clamped in Kent has rocketed in a single year, official figures have revealed.

There are fears a flagship council project will end up as just ‘an empty tin shed’ as businesses have shown little interest in the plans.

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage’s claim to have invited every Conservative member at Kent County Council to join his party met the same response.

Labour has deselected one of Kent County Council’s most colourful characters from standing at May’s election leaving Reform UK eyeing up the seat.

The Kent Politics Podcast discusses how international lorries are causing pothole problems and the interesting responses to the NHS consultation.