Around 300 people protested on a seafront walk to show their support for a children's centre which could be axed as part of funding cuts.

People are watching which way MPs vote on winter fuel payments, believes our columnist, with debates rumbling as autumn’s first cold snap arrives.

Work to widen the A228 at one of its busiest stretches could start next spring after years of campaigning by councillors.

A Tory politician has decided not to back her neighbouring MP in the Conservative Party’s leadership contest and has put her support elsewhere.

A public outcry has led a council to discover that it IS possible for ANPR cameras to “positively discriminate” in favour of Blue Badge holders.

Police have been called after protesters stormed into a business park, blocking roads and painting buildings red.

Parents of a boy with special needs say he has been denied essential equipment because the council refuses to believe them.

Kent County Council has paid out almost £20,000 to a pensioner charged for years of care she should have had for free.

A suspended councillor has denied encouraging violent disorder while addressing a London crowd.

A corner shop is having its licence reviewed after bosses failed to supply CCTV of an incident involving an alleged shoplifter being hit with a pole.

Lord Michael Howard has revealed he predicted Liz Truss would be an “absolute disaster” as Prime Minister before she landed the top job.

A secondary school is building a skatepark in its grounds in what will be a UK first - despite "major concerns" from neighbours.

Protesters are celebrating a reprieve after developers failed to win approval for a controversial 1,600-home estate last night.

An event where the public can question council leaders is to return.

On the 25th anniversary of his death, we look back at one of the most controversial men in politics - who lived in a Kent castle.

Building work on a flagship multi-million-pound new public square is yet to start amid snags during the permission-seeking process.

Fly-tippers are dumping mattresses, furniture and hardcore next to derelict garages, frustrated residents claim.

A new document which will guide the future of transport planning in the county has been criticised for ‘ignoring’ a community.

A county councillor’s calls for 10% of jobs to be culled at KCC has been described as “beyond insulting” by a union.

A Tory leadership hopeful is demanding the end of an outdated convention he says is stopping the UK people being protected from violent criminals.