A councillor has been rapped over the knuckles after a four-letter swearing rant as tempers flared at a budget meeting.

Two long-standing Conservative councillors have been axed ahead of May's local election.

The Magna Carta will be coming back to the people of Sandwich, the town council has confirmed.

Nigel Farage visited Sandwich market today to talk to traders and residents about some of the issues affecting them.

The public will soon be invited to give their opinions on how Tunbridge Wells should be regenerated, should funds become available.

David Cameron appears to have given his blessing to plans for the first “new” grammar school in Kent.

A march - touted as the biggest political event in Thanet in years - is planned to demonstrate against Ukip later this month.

Pro-Palestine protesters have set up a rooftop vigil at a Kent firm - with one allegedly chaining herself to the gates.

Nigel Farage hit out at a Channel 4 documentary spoofing the first 100 days of a Ukip government... before it aired.

A Labour councillor has left her party to support Ukip.

Ukip leader Nigel Farage kept his promise to return to a Kent town after he was forced to abandon a previous visit due to security fears.

A litterbug fined for spitting out a seed onto a street has sparked an angry reaction.

A town councillor has claimed Faversham is being neglected, as council cash is poured into other areas of the borough.

Medway Council has cut nearly 140 jobs as it attempts to close a £12 million funding gap.

Ratepayers in Tonbridge and Malling will be paying 1.99% more in council tax this year, after members set the authority's budget.

Kent County Council has been accused of saving "absolutely nothing" in its controversial streetlight switch-off, after the costs equalled the savings.

Rail chiefs are facing complaints about overcrowding on high speed trains with disgruntled commuters having to stand during peak hour services.

Councillors have agreed a 1.99% rise in council tax today, as the authority tries to cope with rising costs and a £87m cut in government funding.

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Kent's police commissioner Ann Barnes has defended spending £14,000 on PR consultants and a further £2,400 on media training for her youth tsar.