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A Tory peer taking part in a debate about scrapping grammars said many non-selective schools lacked discipline.
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.
Council leaders are hoping to persuade the government to give them more financial help in order to avert further cuts to services in the county.
Suella Braverman's fatuous policy targets foreign students while Nigel Farage will struggle to stay away from Kent, writes Paul Francis.
A controversial project to construct a new railway station that has split opinion has been given a further cash boost to help get it built.
A number of Conservative MPs in Kent have swung behind a bid to block the minister Michael Gove from imposing "top-down" housebuilding targets.
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.
A Conservative county councillor has apologised after pictures emerged from his time as a member of an openly-fascist group.
From the Lower Thames Crossing to Kent County Council tax rates, here's what the mini budget means for Kent.
A Conservative councillor has been suspended after pictures emerged which appear to show him attending a rally as part of an openly-fascist group.
Our slider map shows some of the major changes proposed for the county's constituencies, including Hawkinge becoming part of Ashford.
KM Group political editor Paul Francis analyses how KCC's financial problems could impact Kent residents.
Kent County Council has warned the government without help it faces bankruptcy "within next year or so".
Council chiefs have publicly apologised for failings in critical services for vulnerable children.
Asylum seekers placed in former student accommodation over the weekend have already been bussed out as the building was deemed "unsafe", an MP says.
A Home Office decision to house asylum seekers in a building in a residential area is "causing an awful lot of upset", according to a Kent MP.
As the new Prime Minister sets out his stall, what indication does it give Kent residents about the impact to the county? We look at five key issues.
More than £2 billion a year is being spent on hotels for asylum seekers, while a Kent processing centre is struggling to cope, MPs have been told.
From the chaos on our roads to dangerous Channel crossings, Paul Francis looks at what a Rishi Sunak government could mean for the key issues in Kent.
