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Boris Johnson's bid to take over some Kent rail services is set to hit the buffers, it's been revealed.
One in every 10 crimes committed in Kent is under-recorded, a critical report into policing has just revealed.
Plans to build a new grammar school annexe in Sevenoaks have taken a fresh turn... after a rival school stepped in to offer places.
The European Commission is being urged to look into a secret deal between Thanet council and a ferry firm that has cost taxpayers £3.3million.
Around 70,000 streetlights could be turned off around Kent after midnight in a move even its backers call their 'Marmite project'.
The plug has been pulled on a string of trading companies set up to make money for Kent County Council - at a £191,000 loss.
Stressed-up teachers and support staff have contributed to 90,000 days taken off sick in Kent schools in just one year, it's been revealed.
Kent taxpayers have been billed more than £150,000 in just a year for hotels used by education officials and teachers for training courses.
Applicants for senior and six-figure salary posts at KCC are having their packages boosted to ensure posts are filled, it's been revealed.
What unites wood panels, tennis, ship building and the Bahamas? Ask your MP.
Kent County Council must carry out a far-reaching review of elderly care charges after an Ombudsman was highly critical in two separate reports.
Thanet councillors have been accused of stifling questions over a secret deal with a ferry operator that has left a £3.3m funding gap.
A grammar school is considering setting its own 11-plus test in a move that education chiefs fear could place children under more pressure.
Hotson 'backing business' after taking top county council job
A report has condemned the 'fiasco' surrounding Kent's youth tsar Paris Brown... claiming a panel failed to scrutinise her appointment.
All parties on Kent County Council are today expected to back a pay freeze for councillors, keeping their basic allowances at just more than £12,800
Special PCs are to be given a council tax rebate to acknowledge the work they do as volunteers, Kent police commissioner Ann Barnes has announced.
A council is facing criticism over a top secret deal with stricken ferry firm TransEuropa after it emerged the authority is owed £3.3million.
Kent rail passengers have been warned to expect serious disruption on services to and from London... for up to two years.
A former Conservative county councillor who defected to UKIP says he has already been told he would be welcomed back to the Tory fold.
