A police chief says the force's non emergency number needs urgently improving after thousands fewer residents used the service last year.

A Kent MP is not linking the Chancellor's mini-budget with the UK's current "financial difficulty", despite the currency's value falling since Friday.

Political editor Paul Francis says the ongoing economic fallout from Friday's "mini-budget" could end the premiership of Liz Truss.

Kent's only Labour MP believes the party has focused more on winning votes in the North than the South East.

The government has issued a u-turn on a controversial asylum plan, according to a charity.

Council meetings are being moved to a social club after asbestos was discovered in a council chamber during a £1.9m renovation.

Housebuilding restrictions could be eased in parts of Kent - after the county was named by the government as a potential "investment zone".

The council is making a case for Kent to get a funding boost for micro-firms in the creative industries.

A frontline service which helps vulnerable and elderly people is at last set to get a dozen new recruits, after difficulties filling the posts.

A wave of tax-cutting measures have been unveiled today - but how will it affect housebuilding, pay packets and property prices in Kent?

Councillors have spoken of their concerns about fracking as a ban on the controversial practice looks set to be lifted.

A councillor has slammed a £20m levelling-up plan, saying money would be better spent on a new swimming pool rather than an adventure golf course.

The government looks set to end its ban on fracking - but could we see drilling take place in our county?

Broken paving stones remained unrepaired almost four months after a pensioner's injury.

A health boss has defended doctors who shut their practices at lunchtime amid calls for them to stay open.

The Archbishop of Canterbury sparked a twitter storm after making a pointed dig during his sermon at the Queen's funeral.

Plans to redevelop a former sheltered housing complex which has become a target for vandals have been refused.

Mass resignations at a council sparked by huge rows and division have paved the way for a right-wing group to win its first seat in the country.

'I refuse to accept the Environment Agency can't do anything' storms MP in stinging attack on officers during stormy meeting about waste dumping.

There has been some harsh criticism of Maidstone council on the first day of its Local Plan hearings.