Self-confessed politics nerd Melissa Todd put on her best frock for a trip to Westminster but found people gliding away "as if I were radioactive".

Staff at a brexit lorry park could have to be redeployed amid ongoing delays to border controls.

Discussions at the weekend are set to have hammered out details about the future running of a borough council after Conservatives lost control.

Four Labour group councillors have announced they will not be seeking re-election.

Our political editor Paul Francis gives his take on the week in politics.

The Prime Minister says the first 50 asylum seekers will be deported later this month under a controversial new immigration policy.

A family of seven left living in a one-bedroom flat will be paid £6,000 by a council.

The Lib Dems have yet to secure coalition partners to run a borough council where the Tories have lost control.

A top councillor has accused a neighbouring council of "laughing off" concerns over plans to build 2,000 homes.

Kent Police has insisted that its plans to save close to £7m from its budget this year will not affect key frontline staff.

A promise to pay seafarers minimum wage and a crackdown on 'guerilla' protesters among 38 Bills unveiled in Queen's speech.

A former Tory councillor has rejoined the party to ensure the Conservatives keep control of a key borough.

A Kent MP has expressed his frustration at the ongoing rows into alleged lockdown breaches - arguing many Covid rules were "simply daft".

An order making the use of trial electric scooters legal on hundreds of city streets is to be made permanent this week.

A disabled man says he has been trapped in his own home for four months after his car was damaged.

'Who will sort out this beleaguered parish council?' pleads desperate villager as another councillor quits leaving just two in charge.

Our political editor gives his take on what the Conservatives losing control of a district council means for Kent's political landscape.

The Mayor of Tunbridge Wells is among the Conservatives to lose his seat in two local elections.

The Conservatives no longer hold the majority over a borough council after losing two seats in the local elections.

A Conservative councillor has been suspended from the party amid a probe into sexual harassment.