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Labour’s first 100 days: Newly red seaside town gives verdict on Starmer’s ‘shaky start’
12 October 2024The new Labour government has reached the political landmark of 100 days in office. But how do voters in Kent feel it has gone?
‘It won’t all be sold’ insists council preparing to offload £20m worth of property
11 October 2024A cash-strapped council which revealed a list of 30 properties it intends to offer for sale to claw back funds says not all will be offloaded.
Proposals revealed for new traveller site on farmland
11 October 2024Plans for a traveller site have been revealed as a public consultation launches to discuss the proposals.
‘It didn’t take much to make town look like the 1980s for TV show’
11 October 2024A taskforce to deliver the revival of a seaside town featured in hit ITV drama has launched as a councillor described it as being stuck in the 1980s.
Kent Politics Podcast: Labour’s first 100 days and Lower Thames Crossing delays
11 October 2024In this week’s Kent Politics Podcast our reporters discuss what Labour has managed to achieve in its first 100 days in power.
Kent town among most concerned in UK about email scams, says study
10 October 2024A new survey shows that residents of a major Kent town are among the most concerned in the country about being scammed on email.
Kent MP knocked out of Tory leadership race
08 October 2024A Kent MP has been eliminated from the Conservative leadership contest in the third round of voting by MPs.
Farage eyes Kent elections as first councillor joins Reform - with 'more to follow'
08 October 2024Kent’s first Reform councillor claims some Tories could defect in the coming weeks - and thinks the party can “take control” of the county council.
One of the UK's biggest planning applications ever and why it’s taking so long to decide
08 October 2024As a decision on the Lower Thames Crossing is delayed again, why is it so expensive, will we have to pay a toll and where is the money coming from?
Calls for Labour to pull the plug on 'Dartford Disneyland'
08 October 2024Environmentalists are calling for the planning status for a £2.5bn theme park to be revoked after a saga lasting more than a decade.
By-election announced as councillor accused of sex offences absent from meetings
07 October 2024A by-election is set to be held for a ward with a councillor accused of multiple sex offences.
Ban on takeaways near schools fails to curb rates of child obesity
07 October 2024Ten years on from a decision to restrict the opening hours of fast food outlets near schools, childhood obesity rates have climbed instead of falling.
‘More than a lick of paint’: Sports centres to be spruced up with savings
06 October 2024A council says a £1.5million underspend on a new leisure centre will be reinvested into “critical” improvements in two others.
‘There’s an urgent need to seek national protection for ridge’
04 October 2024A council will lobby the government to give national protection to one of its most cherished landscapes.
Commissioner to appoint chief executive to oversee £500m Kent Police budget
04 October 2024Kent’s Police and Crime Commissioner Matthew Scott has proposed the appointment of a new chief executive to manage a budget of nearly £500m.
Second council to consider temporary 'pod homes’
04 October 2024A second council is considering using ‘pod’ homes to combat homelessness and temporary accommodation issues.
Kent Politics Podcast: Why Rosie Duffield isn’t calling a by-election - but should she?
04 October 2024This week’s podcast discusses Rosie Duffield’s resignation, why she doesn’t need to call a by-election and how it impacts Labour’s first 100 days.
River crossing branded ‘costly mistake’ and a ‘dinosaur scheme’
02 October 2024Experts are calling on the government to scrap a river crossing planned for Kent after a report concluded it would be a “costly mistake”.
Hundreds of people eligible for pension credit not claiming
02 October 2024It is estimated more than 400 people in a unitary authority area could be eligible for the benefit who are not claiming it.
MP calls for closed sports centre to become ‘community asset’
02 October 2024A campaign has been launched to protect a sports centre which closed without warning from the “wrong kind of buyer”.
