A decision on controversial plans to demolish a working docks and replace it with a business park has been delayed after a legal challenge.

Business owners have been left fearing for their future in a town centre after footfall dropped steeply following a hike in car parking charges.

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.

A council has negotiated the price for a new fleet of bin lorries down by several million pounds after seeing a quarter break down on a single day.

Residents in one part of Kent will get the chance to vote on the county’s first urban neighbourhood plan when voters go to the polls this week.

Proposals to demolish a working docks and turn it into a business park have been recommended for approval despite huge opposition.

A council leader has revealed he has been sounded out about taking over from one of the county’s best-known MPs.

A Labour councillor from Kent has been selected to contest a seat more than 100 miles away at the next general election.

Government funding will be used for local events and improving amenities, helping adults gain maths skills, and developing facilities in rural areas.

Children at a special educational needs school have been told by local authorities not to attend due to “health and safety concerns”.

A local authority has stressed it will “not back down” until it gets the £50 million needed to tackle the number of potholes plaguing its streets.

Residents could be in for a long wait in getting their bin collections up-to-date, according to the guest of this week’s Kent Politics Podcast.

A tourist town’s help desk office for visitors is set to shut permanently as part of a cash-strapped council’s cutbacks.

Motorists caught causing a nuisance in one part of Kent could now be “named and shamed” as a council pledges to ‘“change the culture”.

Desperate residents say they need their streets fixing fast as a council argues it needs £50 million to get the job done.

Concerns have been raised that a decision to remove a long-standing town centre barrier will lead to someone being hurt.

A football coach told to stop running classes for disadvantaged kids in a park because he hasn’t filled out the right forms has vowed to carry on.

This week’s Kent Politics Podcast special guest takes aim at the Government over its funding of councils across the county.

A four-year plan to improve part of Kent and make it more attractive to visitors has been questioned by some after recent cost-cutting measures.

A project to turn a Police Section House at the former Royal Dockyard Chatham into a creative digital hub is to get £3.5m National Lottery funding.