The decision to withdraw dedicated police officers from schools during a shake-up in neighbourhood policing has been criticised.

Hundreds more children took the 11-plus this year - with more than 5,000 pupils from outside the county trying to get into Kent's grammar schools.

A councillor is calling for a committee to be set up to scrutinise a council's SEND provision following a damning Ofsted.

The cost of a range of services provided by a council is set to go up to tackle rising inflation rates at the cash-strapped authority.

A parish council has voted to continue with plans to move its village allotments, despite opposition from residents.

More than 50 Tory MPs have called for emergency new laws to block "bogus asylum seekers" from being allowed to settle in the UK.

The Home Secretary has been accused of being "out of her depth" after admitting most asylum seekers would need to reach the UK to submit a claim.

Villagers opposed to a new garden village are happy a planning inspector has raised questions about its inclusion in a council's housing plan.

A parish councillor who did not attend meetings for six months while she lived in France has returned to take up her post amid huge controversy.

An MP has called for climate change protesters who scaled the Dartford Crossing, causing days of misery, to be treated as a criminal organisation.

A local authority has been hit with a large bill after clearing an illegal dumping ground of more than 1,000 tonnes of fly-tipped waste.

A number of Conservative MPs in Kent have swung behind a bid to block the minister Michael Gove from imposing "top-down" housebuilding targets.

A Conservative county councillor has quit his role after pictures emerged from his time as a member of an openly-fascist group.

A doctor is braving the wind and the rain to devote his Sundays to sitting outside a Kent MP’s office.

A former mayor breached a council's code of conduct after allegations of bullying the authority's clerk were found proven.

The county council has been told it must take "decisive action" after "serious weaknesses" were found in its plan to deal with its budget deficit.

Kent County Council (KCC) will be now able to hike its slice of council tax by 5% without the need for a referendum, the government has confirmed.

Seven people vying to join Medway Council set out why they should be elected.

Councillors were in deadlock over controversial plans to increase spending on a new leisure centre to £25 million.

A Conservative county councillor has apologised after pictures emerged from his time as a member of an openly-fascist group.