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.

A education chief says the county is facing a shortfall of teaching assistants in schools.

Asylum seekers could be told to obey strict new rules or have their claims rejected under new laws being considered.

Disgraced former Tory MP Charlie Elphicke has said he can't afford to pay court costs as he is unemployed and making a claim for Universal Credit.

A Kent MP clashed with a minister over asylum seeker numbers and the sleaze row rumbles on, read what our political editor made of it all.

Drivers are to be banned completely from using mobile phones while driving, under a strengthening of the law the government has announced today.

Rumours that an army barracks earmarked for housing may shut before the scheduled date of 2027 have been denied.

Two campaigns are uniting in protest at coastal developments as part of a countywide 'day of action' against loss of green spaces.

Plans have been revealed for a 200-strong HGV park to be built in a field in Kent.

A sixth councillor at Maidstone has resigned his party whip.

The controversy over MPs' second jobs has focused on what else they have to declare, political editor Paul Francis explains.

Millions of pounds invested in projects in a town led critics to claim it ignored other areas but it has emerged a bid for government cash failed.

The row over MPs' second jobs put the Prime Minister in a tricky position. Our political editor Paul Francis analyses the week in politics.

Councillors were split on a decision to allow a new development after bosses cut the number of promised affordable homes.

Frustrations have been raised about developers hoping to build a £2.5bn theme park failing to engage with three authorities over their concerns.