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A leading archaeologist says the site of a 5,000 homes development site could conceal significant finds.
Troops have marched through the streets of the County Town today following the inauguration of the new mayor.
Council bosses are defending a decision to spend millions on fixing their headquarters.
Fraud and human error cost a council £2.8m last year - with one £63,000 payment for care to dead person.
Opposition councillors have accused council cabinet members of “gaslighting” the public over cracking down on anti-social behaviour.
A new coalition has been formed to run a borough council.
Former Deputy Prime Minister Damian Green has told the Kent Politics Podcast he’s amazed Labour has taken Dover MP Natalie Elphicke into its ranks.
A mix-up has led to the wrong person taking a seat on a council and only a High Court order can remove them.
We reveal the story behind bin ‘chaos’ which has seen councillors pay for rubbish to be taken by private contractors.
Nearly 14,000 holders of Kent subsidised bus passes face an 18% price hike.
Natalie Elphicke is withdrawing her bid to convert a garage into a new house following her controversial defection to Labour, KentOnline can reveal.
A long-awaited ban on the live export of animals is finally set to come into force - 50 years after campaigners started fighting for the rule.
Kent County Council has failed to hit targets in three key areas, according to official new figures
Parts of a town centre will be closed to traffic as soldiers parade to mark the appointment of a new mayor and council leader.
Political editor Paul Francis says Natalie Elphicke’s “baffling and futile” defection to Labour is far from the coup Keir Starmer hoped it would be…
We visited a reopened park and ride service as a debate rages over whether running the double-decker diesel buses is bad for the environment.
The controversial new traffic measures will come into force shortly - but many people still do not know what they mean.
A multi-million-pound project to update a roundabout is months behind schedule with “issues trapping reptiles” among the reasons for delays.
Sir Keir Starmer has promised to make Kent’s shores “hostile territory for people-smuggling gangs" during a speech in Kent.
This week’s Kent Politics Podcast discusses Dover MP Natalie Elphicke’s defection and hears from the head of polling company Electoral Calculus.
Kent’s smokers are costing the county £1.3bn a year, say new figures.
Workers in Kent are underqualified and underskilled compared to the rest of the country, according to a new report.
A warship from Russia shadowed by the Royal Navy off the coast of Kent has been caught on camera.
The ex deputy leader said she left the Tories over disagreements about the direction they were heading in and an unwillingness to accept mistakes.
Michael Gove will consider whether to intervene over a controversial application to redevelop docks.
A Kent MP continues to face a backlash after defecting to the Labour Party – with new and old allies criticising the move and leader Keir Starmer.
A Kent MP has defected to the Labour Party just moments before Prime Minister’s Questions began - leaving local Tories stunned.
Youth workers have set up a petition calling for their club to be reopened after being left heartbroken at having to turn devastated children away.
People staying in camper-vans near a beach have hit back at fears from residents that the site is becoming a “squatter camp”.
A decision on controversial plans to demolish a working docks and replace it with a business park has been delayed after a legal challenge.
A highly-respected veteran socialist and former Labour group leader has died at the age of 91.
Inconclusive election results have left party leaders haggling over who should be the next council leader.
The “perplexing” decision to carry out border checks 22 miles inland has caused much political wrangling, writes columnist Paul Francis…
Conservative Matthew Scott has won a third term as Kent’s Police and Crime Commissioner - but with a narrower majority.
KentOnline’s political editor examines the fall-out of the local elections and what it means for all the major parties.
Pothole numbers are down but council roads boss say the number is still “way too high”.
Today the county will find out who will hold the role of Kent’s Police and Crime Commissioner, following Thursday’s vote.
The Liberal Democrats are ‘ecstatic’ to have taken overall control of Tunbridge Wells Borough Council for the first time in almost 30 years.
The Conservatives have emerged ahead in a hard-fought borough council election – but failed to secure an overall majorit.y
Campaigners are demanding action to stop drivers hurtling through their village at up to 70mph.
The results in the county’s two local elections are rolling in.
This week’s Kent Politics Podcast guest hits out at vast swathes of the county being built on for people who don’t even live here.
The future of docks at the centre of controversial redevelopment plans was discussed in Parliament after being put forward for debate by an MP.
Kent Conservative MPs to lose 13 of 18 seats as county votes in local elections, says new polling.
Voters will today elect two new borough councils and choose the next Kent Police and Crime Commissioner.
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