Householders face a 4.59% rise in council tax, after a council set its budget.

Council leaders are pressing the government to continue to fund a scheme that offers crucial support to those struggling with their household bills.

An opposition council leader has been accused of Islamophobia after referencing the Taliban during a council meeting.

Plans for a new sports hub for a rapidly growing town have been axed even though thousands more homes are to be built.

An MP has secured a government promise to fund repairs to a river towpath that has been closed by subsidence for four years.

Plans to make three free coastal car parks pay and display are still on the table after a failed attempt to block them.

One of the county's most prominent MPs has revealed the reasons behind her decision to leave politics after 14 years in Westminster.

An attempt to overturn a government decision to withdraw multi-million pound funds needed for a new community sports centre to progress has failed.

Councillors have warned next year could be ‘terminal’ for KCC’s finances, as a report finds half of councils are on the brink.

A city’s controversial traffic zoning plans will be scrapped while new land is earmarked for thousands of homes.

Plans to change how care costs are calculated could affect 15,000 disabled people.

Plans to cut free swimming and two festivals have been approved along with Medway Council’s budget.

A former council leader has been selected by his party to stand for them at the next general election.

In the latest episode of Kent Politics Podcast we speak to Tracey Crouch about her shock decision to not stand at the next election.

A council meeting was adjourned after activists began heckling councillors over the Israel-Gaza war.

A cash-strapped local authority has been granted its request for “exceptional financial support” in order to balance the books and avoid bankruptcy.

The government plans to continue using a lorry holding site for biosecurity checks – even though it is 22 miles from the Port of Dover.

The deputy leader of the Medway Conservatives has left the party over a disagreement with colleagues.

A battery safety plan for what is set to be the UK’s biggest solar farm has been rejected.

Three MPs have combined forces in a bid to persuade a council to reverse its intention to cut free swimming for children and the elderly.