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The county council has paid out £340k less to parents in the last year after the number winning appeals over free school transport halved.
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A family of a child with special needs who missed out on education for two years has been awarded more than £18,000 by Kent County Council.
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A huge housing scheme in the heart of the Kent countryside has cost taxpayers millions of pounds -much of it in lawyer’s fees - and is set to rise.
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Repair bills for drivers who hit potholes, which now includes a senior county councillor, are on the up - but why are Kent’s roads in such a state?
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Campaigners opposed to the loss of children’s services at two Kent family centres have vowed to fight on despite a decision not to recommission them.
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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.
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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.
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The biggest proposed change in the way local government is run in Kent for 50 years has taken another bold step.
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Protesters gathered outside a meeting of the county council this morning to express opposition to planned sweeping reforms to local government.
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The cost of improvements to a busy stretch of highway has rocketed by a “ridiculous” £50m in just a few years.
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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.
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Sweeping reforms to the way local councils are run in the county will take a decisive next step later this week.
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Government plans to revolutionise the council structure in Kent has been met with “pragmatic realism” by the county’s 14 local authority leaders.
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Kent’s councils have been told change is afoot as the Labour administration presses ahead with a speedy shake-up of local government.
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The government has announced the biggest reforms of local councils for half a century - but Kent’s future is far from clear.
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Kent residents who want to protect their communities against future development are turning to village green status to beat the bulldozer.
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Social care in Kent is on the brink of collapse because of tax hikes and under-funding, say major players in the sector.
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Reform UK is on course to gain two MPs in Kent at the next general election, according to current polling trends.
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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.
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