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The government’s decision to exclude Kent from its devolution “priority” programme has come as a major blow to the county’s political leaders.
The population of Kent is soaring at a time when housing stock is insufficient to meet demand, a new study has found.
Local democracy reporter Simon Finlay considers the increasingly “mutinous” electorate and what it means for established parties amid Reform’s rise.
Kent’s biggest and most beleaguered local authority has agreed a balanced budget – but its leadership issued dire warnings about the future.
A landlady has described how her pub “shook visibly” as a juggernaut smashed into the building twice after getting stuck in a road closure.
There are concerns motorists will be hit in the pocket when new road signs are introduced to deter people from entering town centre bus lanes.
Kent and Medway have missed out being part of the government fast-tracked devolution programme.
A former Conservative MP has become the first to declare he will attempt to fight for his old constituency in 2029.
A government announcement on the biggest shake up of how local councils are run in Kent for half a century has been delayed.
A charity boss has told of her “devastation” at losing almost £600,000 of public funding to look after parents of disabled children.
Campaigners opposed to the loss of children’s services at two family centres have won their latest battle to retain them after a backbench revolt.
A youth charity has had two bids to buy its home of 12 years turned down, as the cash-strapped county council looks to sell the premises
A senior official in charge of a contentious 5,000 home development says the cost of building a railway station will have to be met by the landowners.
Three “selfish and greedy” men who illegally wiped more than two million miles off cars and vans in a “clocking” scam have been spared prison.
Work on a new primary school which will have space for 420 pupils is expected to start in the summer after being granted planning permission.
The county council has paid out £340k less to parents in the last year after the number winning appeals over free school transport halved.
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.
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.
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?
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.