It's not gambling, it's helping people support good causes, argues a councillor in favour of a town lottery.

Our political editor takes a look at the national and local politics story affecting Kent this week.

A total of 10 candidates are fighting for the three vacant seats on Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council.

Four people aiming to be elected to the council later this month have outlined what they hope to achieve.

A Kent MP says it is not her place to speak on trans issues since it is not her “lived experience”.

Two mothers and each of their four children - aged as young as five - are among those feared dead in Wednesday's Channel crossing tragedy.

Protests against "relentless" housebuilding are took place across Kent today as residents groups join a day of action.

A council committee has accepted the loss of seven councillors, amid fears that a bigger loss is in the pipeline.

A councillor has revealed how the stress of a controversial housing application 'nearly killed' him.

Kent County Council has welcomed the Home Offices order for other authorities to take in unaccompanied asylum seeking children.

A MP has clashed with a health minister over the difficulty his constituents find trying to contact a doctor.

Businesses and residents failing to pay the correct tax have been ordered to repay huge amounts of money in unpaid bills after an investigation.

Nigel Farage has not ruled out a return to the political frontline over the issue of spiralling channel crossings.

A local authority has blamed the impact of Covid on its 'resources' for a delay in publishing its annual accounts.

A Kent MP was among nearly 70 Tories who did not back the government in a key vote on changes to the adult social care system.

As record numbers of asylum seekers cross the Channel in small boats one Kent MP has called for troops to be sent to France.

The government could face a revolt on its social care reforms in a vote due to be held later today.

A dispersal scheme that sees asylum seeker children transferred into the care of councils across the country is slowing, a councillor has warned.

A head teacher has hit out at the 'older generation' dismissing children as 'woke' and using phrases such as cancel culture.

Kent's youth justice service must improve its care of young children as a councillor calls for a "culture change" amid growing violence concerns.