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A total of 10 Kent MPs voted against today’s assisted dying bill as it was passed in the House of Commons – while eight supported it.
Three Kent MPs have confirmed they will vote in favour of today’s assisted dying bill, while five will oppose it - with several yet to decide.
In this week’s Kent Politics Podcast our reporters discuss potential major changes for Kent councils and Reform UK winning its first KCC seat.
Following their recent by-election success, we sat down with Reform UK’s first elected member of Kent County Council to discuss the party’s ambitions.
People are being asked for their views on a proposed development of 800 homes which would include road improvements at a traffic hotspot.
Putting up parking prices by at least 10p is among proposals that could hit a borough’s residents in the pocket - and it still leaves a £1.5m gap.
A Kent council’s social housing stock has been rated by the government in the first inspection of its kind.
A go-slow tractor protest rumbled through a Kent town as farmers vented their anger over Labour’s inheritance tax changes.
The sale of the 150-year-old landmark home of Kent County Council appears to have moved to a new stage.
Fast food workers have reported being assaulted by lawless teens as the town’s MP calls for action on anti-social behaviour in parliament.
The way councils operate in Kent could be set for a shake-up as the government presses for a mayoral-style arrangement for running the regions.
A theatre which has been closed since April 2023 will finally see refurbishment work get under way after a £10.8 million contract was awarded.
Home Office staff have admitted they lost control of the situation at a Kent immigration centre, according to court documents.
Calls to install proper lighting along a town footpath have intensified after a woman was flashed at by a man.
A by-election for a seat on a borough council has been won by an independent group candidate.
A council’s plan to move ahead with more School Streets will be delayed as Tory opposition calls-in the decision.
Hard-pressed cabbies are hoping the go-ahead is given to plans to hike the amount they can charge their customers.
Nigel Farage says his fledgling party is “going all out” to win seats at Kent County Council next May after two surprise by-election victories.
Campaigners opposed to the loss of children’s services have been offered a glimmer of hope after the council agreed to delay its final decision.
In this week’s episode our reporters discuss the farmers’ protest in London and are joined by East Thanet MP Polly Billington.
Councillors have called an objection by Sport England to plans for 139 homes “ridiculous” - and now Angela Rayner will need to sign off proposals.
A 296-flat planning application which will transform a brownfield site in the middle of a town centre has been approved.
Kent could be hit by tropical diseases such as malaria and dengue fever within decades if climate change continues to worsen, a new study has found.
A Labour county councillor has been deselected over “concerning” remarks he made and placing bets on election results.
Artist Tracey Emin and residents of an “iconic” tower block are celebrating after a controversial plan to replace windows was quashed.
A council cabinet said it would have to take “difficult decisions” in order to ensure the council stayed afloat amid warnings of financial troubles.
Kent council leaders have urged a local authority to rethink its “short-sighted” proposals to buy properties in the borough.
The three main candidates in what was one of the most important by-elections in UK political history have shared their insights a decade on.
Social care providers could be forced to close if they are not exempt from an increase in national insurance, Kent County Council has warned.
A corner shop has been stripped of its licence to sell alcohol after being caught selling age-restricted products to a 13-year-old.
Dozens of Kent farmers are descending on Westminster in protest over a new ‘death’ tax which they claim will destroy rural family businesses.
A grassroots football club looking to transform their ground to help them grow say a new council bill is “too much to ask”.
There are more than 80,000 people in Kent thought to be taking illegal drugs, new official figures have revealed.
Families who have spent generations building up farming ventures fear the “destruction” of their way of life following changes to inheritance tax.
A council is to move into a town’s tallest building by the end of the year - but meetings will continue to be held in its current HQ.
