There's time to put your own name forward for a seat on the borough council.

A new multi-million pound scheme to revamp a town centre is being put forward to the public to help shape a new Creative Centre.

We take a look at which councils are raising their tax the most to try and make ends meet

People looking to make a difference to their community are being asked to consider standing in May's borough and parish council elections.

Sittingbourne and Sheppey MP Gordon Henderson has announced he will not be seeking re-election when the country next goes to the polls.

A mum is calling for the council to install a crossing along a route used by families on the school run before a child is hurt.

A local authority was left with a 'huge bill' preparing a bid for government levelling up cash it was never able to win, it has emerged.

Calls for the government to retain some kind of nuclear energy production in Kent have been given a boost by the Chancellor.

Borough councillors have slammed plans to shut children's centres, saying the proposals are 'driven by concerns for property not people.'

Campaigners fear there could be a spike in fly-tipping across a district after plans to axe a commercial waste collection service were green-lit.

A leading councillor is facing ridicule after making an embarrassing error on a leaflet outlining his bid for re-election.

We reveal the parish setting the highest council tax precept in the borough of Tonbridge and Malling.

The government's plans for an extension of free child care costs to help get people back to work have been welcomed by business leaders in Kent.

The cost of a Kent council's legal challenge over the number of asylum seeking children it must care for has been made public.

The Chancellor's Spring Budget has announced a £63 million cash injection for leisure centres with swimming pools across the UK.

A huge increase in government defence spending has raised hopes for a Army barracks threatened with closure.

References to 1930s Germany are typical of the shrill and reductive level at which complex issues are 'debated' on Twitter, writes Rob Barman.

With an outcome to the Gary Lineker tweet saga the BBC must now work out where it draws the line, writes political editor Paul Francis.

The crowd that always bleats about the evils of so-called cancel culture has got Gary Lineker cancelled, writes columnist Rhys Griffiths.

The French government has been told it must step up to end small boat crossings as a deal is reached for the UK to help fund a detention centre.