A controversial councillor has come under fire after claiming Labour voters live on "a diet of lard and fags".

A benefits cheat who fleeced the taxpayer out of nearly £74,000 while running a multi-million pound property empire has been jailed for a year.

The number of community wardens patrolling our streets could be slashed as KCC looks to shave £1.2m from its budget.

A 'mega mosque' was approved by Medway council at a meeting this evening as police waited outside following earlier action by right wing activists.

A campaigning group has urged a council to think twice before ploughing millions into buying Manston airport.

Thousands of Kent families are struggling to pay their bills - with up to a quarter in some areas unable to afford food and clothes for children.

The government has unveiled the first part of its plans to build a new 15,000-home town in Kent.

A £50,000 appeal has been started to help bring bears living in squalid conditions in Bulgaria to a comfortable home in Kent.

A review into legal highs could be published within weeks - with hints trading standards officers could be given greater powers.

Benjamin Grant, 22, claimed he lashed out after clubbers made racist taunts but has cleared of causing grievous bodily harm.

The seaside constituency is looking an almost certain target for the UKIP leader.

A protest meeting by the Hands Off Coxheath campaign was supported by Lib Dem PPC Jasper Gerard yesterday

A senior Calais official is offering to ship large groups of immigrants to the UK as tempers flare at camps in France.

This Friday Ukip will announce the shortlist for the target seat of Thanet South - with party leader Nigel Farage odds-on favourite to contest it.

A Kent council has been accused of mixing recyclable and non-recyclable rubbish the same week as introducing a zero tolerance policy for residents.

Residents have been sent a letter explaining a new electoral registration system that is in place this year.

A letter explaining a new system of electoral registration is expected to drop on residents' doormats from tomorrow.

The number of illegal staff taking jobs in Kent has shot up - with a near 50% rise in arrests in the last year.

KCC has 21 senior officers earning £100,000

People power has led to a row of bollards being removed from a narrow village footpath – just a week after they were installed.