Young people, youth club bosses and community leaders have voiced their opposition to ‘shortsighted’ funding cuts to children’s services.

A senior Kent politician has criticised fellow Tory Michael Gove for comments he made about councils being to blame for going bust.

A senior councillor has stepped down from his role as deputy leader in a row over decision-making at a borough council.

Hopes for a multi-million-pound transformation of a town's seafront have been snubbed in an “incredibly disappointing” move.

Plans to house 81 homeless families in a tower block have been put on hold after a fire safety inspection.

A new survey has revealed that almost one in five council chiefs fear their local authority could go bust.

Secret Thinker was ridiculed when he predicted in 2005 that Boris Johnson would one day become PM - and now he has a similar hunch about Nigel Farage.

A former mayor forced to apologise publicly to a woman he was ruled to have bullied has made unfounded claims the allegations against him are lies.

A council has been urged to plan for a new leisure hub before the existing one becomes unusable.

The controversial issue of how Kent deals with lone asylum-seeking children arriving in small boats is due back in the High Court.

People look set to see their council tax bill increase by almost 3% as a council is expected to once again take money from its reserves.

A well-known political figure in Kent who led a coalition council has written a book about his time in power.

Council chiefs say they are powerless to stop hundreds of homeless Londoners being relocated to Kent.

A Labour MP has hit back at her party leader Sir Keir Starmer who she says “has not spoken to me” while she is under investigation for anti-semitism.

A Conservative-run council has been asked to think again over its response to a threat to ancient woodland from a quarry extension.

A senior Conservative has issued a grim reminder of the authority's financial predicament less than a day after another major council went bust.

Council bosses were asked about failing social services, roadworks chaos, broken promises and accessibility issues at a Q&A session.

Thousands of children could be left with nowhere to go after funding was pulled from dozens of youth clubs across the county.

A government minister has announced plans to find a new national park following a visit to a river restoration project in Kent.

Drawings of new proposals to transform a dockside industrial estate have been revealed.