Labour have been left red-faced after realising they submitted two candidates for a council seat.

An 18-year-old hopes to shake up local politics, while Labour have entered two hopefuls for the same seat.

Local politicians are putting pressure on the government to release a report into the environmental impact of a 66-acre lorry park.

The Conservatives have been in power for 23 years, but could May's election unsettle such political stronghold?

The Environment Agency has refused to share its views on a lorry park that covers 66 acres of land.

From May's county elections to an unusual response to a Freedom of Information request, the KM Group's political editor analyses the week in politics.

The full list of candidates standing in the Kent County Council elections on May 6 has been published.

Councils are counting the cost of Covid after losing millions of pounds from car parking charges and some fear next year could be just as difficult.

Hundreds of people took to the streets to have their say in the Bulgarian national election.

A rise in anti-social problems and drug dealing is threatening a family park as a council faces pressure to reinstate CCTV to bring it under control.

Proposals to build homes at a former tennis club have been turned down again to the joy of campaigners angered by their MP's support of the plan.

Plans to use the Manston Airport site as a freight air hub have suffered another setback.

Plans to transform a former firing range with colourful cabins and a boating lake have been shot down.

A 'Kill the Bill' rally is taking place in Kent this afternoon amid ongoing demonstrations against new government protest legislation.

Police insist they are 'well resourced' to deal with 'spontaneous disruption' ahead of a demo tomorrow.

Homes England has been given a major role in the future of a scheme for 5,000 homes.

A park manager has issued a plea for visitors to be responsible and stick to Covid rules as "excessive" numbers congregate in the play area.

A scheme to turn a 'perpetual eye-sore' into a business park has been approved, despite reservation over HGV movements and flooding.

Fresh from announcing he is to leave politics for good, Nigel Farage is to come to Kent, with a chance for ticketholders to have a drink with him.

The government has been urged to allow councils to continue "remote" meetings by councillors in Medway.