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A new report has found the county sends less than one per cent of its rubbish to landfill sites but recycling rates are one the wane.
The running of local councils is to change under sweeping government reforms - here is an easy guide in six questions to get your head round them.
The biggest proposed change in the way local government is run in Kent for 50 years has taken another bold step.
Protesters gathered outside a meeting of the county council this morning to express opposition to planned sweeping reforms to local government.
The cost of improvements to a busy stretch of highway has rocketed by a “ridiculous” £50m in just a few years.
Claims a controversial lorry park for hundreds of HGVs should be built at a motorway junction near a major Kent tourist attraction has sparked a spat.
Sweeping reforms to the way local councils are run in the county will take a decisive next step later this week.
Government plans to revolutionise the council structure in Kent has been met with “pragmatic realism” by the county’s 14 local authority leaders.
Kent’s councils have been told change is afoot as the Labour administration presses ahead with a speedy shake-up of local government.
The government has announced the biggest reforms of local councils for half a century - but Kent’s future is far from clear.
Kent residents who want to protect their communities against future development are turning to village green status to beat the bulldozer.
Social care in Kent is on the brink of collapse because of tax hikes and under-funding, say major players in the sector.
Reform UK is on course to gain two MPs in Kent at the next general election, according to current polling trends.
A Labour councillor who came close to ousting a Conservative government minister has decided not to contest next year’s county elections.
Special schools have threatened legal action against the county council over “deeply flawed” proposed changes to how pupils are allocated places.
Former MP Craig Mackinlay has “not discounted” standing for elected mayor in Kent if the government introduces sweeping reforms to local government.
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.
The sale of the 150-year-old landmark home of Kent County Council appears to have moved to a new stage.
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.
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.