This week’s Kent Politics Podcast looks at problems with building infrastructure and welcomes a top county councillor to the show.

Family and children services at two centres in Kent have been saved from the axe - but only for a year.

A former Conservative county councillor has defected to Reform UK weeks ahead of this year’s local elections.

Car park visits in two Kent coastal towns have dropped by more than 30,000 since “eye-watering” fee hikes were imposed last year.

Plans for a redesign and change of direction of a business park have been approved as the first tenant is revealed.

Kent’s highways chief has shared his frustration at the lack of power the council has over the roadworks causing major traffic problems.

Plans to upgrade a major tunnel under the Thames, which is used for vital electricity infrastructure between Kent and Essex, have been approved.

An 8,000-home “abomination” planned for a huge swathe of Kent countryside will go before a planning inspector today.

Residents have slammed ‘crazy’ plans for new homes on the edge of a town centre park which they say will spoil the feel of the ‘beautiful’ area.

Residents learn how much their council tax bill will rise in April.

The cost of the ambitious vision to restore a historic music venue and bring it back into use could be more than double previous estimates.

New councillors have been elected to the city council in by-elections following a trio of resignations.

A local authority splashed out £21,600 on new chairs for its meeting chamber while KentOnline managed to get a similar quote for £8,400 less.

Victims of doorstep crime are losing an average of nearly £16,000 and could be dead within two years, a new report has revealed.

A former councillor and Sheriff who was a staunch defender of the district’s heritage has died.

A senior county councillor has taken the bold and slightly unusual step of crowd-funding his re-election campaign, writes our columnist.

On this week’s Kent Politics Podcast we discuss what can be done about the NHS after one of the county’s hospitals received a downgraded rating.

Opposition leader Kemi Badenoch admitted today that her party faces a tough challenge when the county goes to the polls in May.

A scheme to introduce £15 overnight parking charges and a ban on caravans parking at a beach has been green-lit.

Colleagues have led tributes to a county councillor who served his residents for 12 years after his death.