The Labour leaders says his party will give an £800m tax break to small firms - but business heads in the county say more reform is still needed.

The leader of Essex council has joined colleagues in Kent and Medway in opposing plans for a new four-runway hub airport in the Thames Estuary.

Kent County Council could ban access to payday loan websites at libraries and billboard advertising amid growing concerns about huge interest rates.

London Mayor Boris Johnson has poured £1.4m into his fight to get a huge airport built in the Thames Estuary.

Canterbury City Council has its first UKIP member after the party's Mike Bull trounced the Tories at the polls last night.

You may have seen him around the town. Well, he's Peter Phillips, Folkestone's first Town Sprucer. But more money is needed for scheme to continue.

County councillors are set to come under huge pressure today to oppose controversial plans to close 23 children's centres across Kent.

A council has been criticised for launching efforts to woo a new ferry company to its port as it is still owed money by its troubled former operator.

Libraries and care homes could be first in line for privatisation in a major shake-up.

A council's visions for a satellite grammar school are being unveiled today... as it's revealed it has pumped up to £75k into its preferred bid.

A political row has broken out over a so-called "biased" Medway Council magazine which costs taxpayers more than £50,000 a year.

Councillors have approved the first stage of a £650m Chatham Docks project that could create thousands of jobs.

Campaigners who want to secure the future of Sure Start centres in Dover and Deal had support today from a Labour MP.

A bid to pay Kent County Council staff a 'living wage' is set to be rejected today... because it would cost an extra £1.2m.

The number of councillors at Canterbury City Council will drop from 50 to 38, the Boundary Commission announced today.

Three applications for gas drilling in the former east Kent coalfield have been condemned by the Green Party.

The Tory candidate in the race to become police commissioner spent £10,000 more than the role's salary in his unsuccessful campaign.

Tesco's dreams of transforming the centre of Dartford have finally got off the drawing board... more than a decade after the first application.

An MP has said questions need to be asked about if a lack of lights and a hard shoulder on the Sheppey Crossing could have contributed to the pile-up.

People who use the closure-threatened Phoenix House community centre have marched through the town centre.