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Our political editor gives his take on what the Conservatives losing control of a district council means for Kent's political landscape.
A Conservative councillor has been suspended from the party amid a probe into sexual harassment.
Our political editor gives his take on a week that saw an emergency cabinet meeting, Nigel Farage back in Kent and an independent made council leader.
Voters are heading to the polling booth today but only in two parts of the county.
Highways chiefs say there could be a need to trigger Operation Brock as many as seven more times this year.
Our political editor Paul Francis gives his take on the week in politics.
A plan to fly asylum seekers to Rwanda would benefit Kent, according to the Home Secretary, despite KCC's leader saying it would have little impact.
The plan to send would-be asylum seekers to Rwanda wouldn't help Kent's issue with unaccompanied children arriving in the county, says KCC's leader.
Everything is being done to ensure volunteers taking in Ukrainian refugees are supported and delays are minimised, the council says.
A hardship fund for families hit by the cost of living crisis has been restricted due to demand.
An MP has said the Tory party cannot afford the luxury of a leadership contest after the PM and Chancellor are fined for breaching lockdown rules.
The runway at Manston is available to ease the traffic chaos in Kent, the owners of the site have confirmed.
The authority is understood to have paid £14 million for a huge solar farm more than 150 miles away in Somerset.
As the Operation Brock crisis deepens, political editor Paul Francis gives his take on the week in Politics.
A trio of Kent County Council’s senior officers were paid more than £200,000 last year, a survey of local government pay has revealed.
From the Chancellor's Spring Statement to the saga of the P&O Ferries crisis, political editor Paul Francis gives his take on the week in politics.
Rishi Sunak's Spring Statement was welcomed by many but was a "drop in the ocean" for Kent's under-pressure hospitality sector.
The government has been pressed to reconsider a bid for the Port of Dover to become a freeport after news P&O is making 800 employees redundant.
All eyes will be on the Chancellor today as he delivers a budget that many households are hoping will help them cope with the cost of living crisis.
The government has been urged to start criminal action against P&O and accused of "sitting on its hands" before the sackings.
