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Campaigners who want to stop hundreds of homes being built on green space say they urgently need financial support to fight their case.
A leading education expert has claimed hiring tutors to help your kid pass the 11-plus and claim a coveted grammar school place is a waste of money.
The county’s police force has been asked to find £35million worth of savings in the next five years with the prospect of job losses looming.
Kent’s Police and Crime Commissioner has responded to a survey quizzing the county’s residents on their perceptions of the force and crime rates.
The landlord of a popular village pub says he has lost half of his takings after passing trade plummeted during a road closure for gas works.
A cash-strapped council has questions to answer over its decision to spend more than £7,000 a year renting out office space in Belgium, critics say.
Plans to slash the county’s community warden scheme to make £1 million in savings are due to be put before county hall for extra scrutiny.
The council are considering offers made for County Hall.
Kent’s crumbling roads saw a year-on-year increase in pothole reports as well as the highest number of insurance and drainage inquiries in years
New figures published by Kent County Council have laid bare the rise in cost of providing home to school transport.
A former care home is to be converted into a reception centre for teenage refugees.
Hundreds of jobs at Kent County Council are at risk as the authority continues to look at ways to cut costs.
Work is due to begin at a major roundabout, just off the M20, which includes scrapping the traffic lights and increasing capacity by up to 60%.
The cash-strapped county council is set to receive a share of the government’s emergency bailout fund – but some warn the money is a short-term fix.
The county’s highways boss has welcomed a government plan to massively increase fines on overrrunning works by utility companies.
Kent County Council has said it cannot afford to change cameras linked to alleged human rights abuses in Chinese internment camps.
Almost £1m has been earmarked to combat the scourge of anti-social behaviour on the county's streets, it has been announced.
One of Kent County Council’s most senior and highest paid officials has taken a sudden and unexpected leave of absence from her role.
Kent County Council has performed a dramatic u-turn over plans it announced less than a week ago to sell off its libraries.
Three Kent MPs have put their names to a letter calling on the government to rethink funding levels to local authorities such as Kent County Council.
