Tory front runner to replace Laura Sandys as South Thanet MP is Amandeep Singh Bhogal.

A formal complaint has been made against councillors Alan and Jean Willicombe who kept their jobs despite moving 150 miles away to Lincolnshire.

Southeastern passengers in Kent have been given a reprieve with a lower-than-expected cap on fare hikes announced in today's Autumn Statement.

Kent businesses are hoping for good news from Chancellor George Osborne in his Autumn Statement today amid signs of gradual improvement in the economy

Only one area of Swale still has a chance of being given a new parish council after a controversial consultation.

A damning report that linked welfare changes to homelessness and the use of foodbanks has been pulled... just days before a crunch meeting.

Drivers were gifted an early Christmas present by Maidstone Borough Council who have made the town's largest car park free after 3pm.

A shocking rise in homelessness, violent crime and debt is being blamed on the government's welfare changes.

Six years and £35 million later, Medway Council has decided to rip up its housing strategy and start again.

Russ Timpson, from Ash, has been selected as the Liberal Democrats' candidate for the Thanet South constituency, which Laura Sandys MP (Tory) holds.

The Liberal Democrats have selected Sarah Smith as prospective Parliamentary candidate for Dover and Deal.

Ports and shipping minister Stephen Hammond says he wants to ensure that the port of Dover makes the most of the expected growth in traffic.

The chief executive of Gatwick says a government report should rule out a £40bn so-called Boris Island airport.

Prime Minister David Cameron has today praised the success of the Discover Park in east Kent after the closure of the Pfizer site.

Almost half of children's centres earmarked for closure under cost-cutting plans have been saved - but others will still shut or have reduced hours.

Support for UKIP would soar if an election was held tomorrow in a constituency where a Tory MP has announced she is standing down, a survey has found.

Deal Town Council is asking the police to investigate who put up a banner outside the town hall on bonfire night.

A Kent MP and sports minister has been left embarrassed after failing to get a single answer right in a basic quiz... but how would you have done?

UKIP claims that a Kent MP decided not to stand for re-election over fears of facing Nigel Farage at the polls have been rubbished by her colleagues.

Tributes are today being paid to well-known Kent figure Lord Kingsdown who has died, aged 86.