A Kent MP continues to face a backlash after defecting to the Labour Party – with new and old allies criticising the move and leader Keir Starmer.

A Kent MP has defected to the Labour Party just moments before Prime Minister’s Questions began - leaving local Tories stunned.

Youth workers have set up a petition calling for their club to be reopened after being left heartbroken at having to turn devastated children away.

People staying in camper-vans near a beach have hit back at fears from residents that the site is becoming a “squatter camp”.

A decision on controversial plans to demolish a working docks and replace it with a business park has been delayed after a legal challenge.

A highly-respected veteran socialist and former Labour group leader has died at the age of 91.

Inconclusive election results have left party leaders haggling over who should be the next council leader.

The “perplexing” decision to carry out border checks 22 miles inland has caused much political wrangling, writes columnist Paul Francis…

Conservative Matthew Scott has won a third term as Kent’s Police and Crime Commissioner - but with a narrower majority.

KentOnline’s political editor examines the fall-out of the local elections and what it means for all the major parties.

Pothole numbers are down but council roads boss say the number is still “way too high”.

Today the county will find out who will hold the role of Kent’s Police and Crime Commissioner, following Thursday’s vote.

The Liberal Democrats are ‘ecstatic’ to have taken overall control of Tunbridge Wells Borough Council for the first time in almost 30 years.

The Conservatives have emerged ahead in a hard-fought borough council election – but failed to secure an overall majorit.y

Campaigners are demanding action to stop drivers hurtling through their village at up to 70mph.

The results in the county’s two local elections are rolling in.

This week’s Kent Politics Podcast guest hits out at vast swathes of the county being built on for people who don’t even live here.

The future of docks at the centre of controversial redevelopment plans was discussed in Parliament after being put forward for debate by an MP.

Kent Conservative MPs to lose 13 of 18 seats as county votes in local elections, says new polling.

Voters will today elect two new borough councils and choose the next Kent Police and Crime Commissioner.