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A cash-strapped council already facing significant financial pressures is on course to spend more than it can budget for.
A council has voted unanimously to support a motion calling on the new Labour government to compensate women impacted by changes to pension rules.
A council has become the first in Kent to recognise experience within the care system as a protected characteristic when making decisions.
Plans to make several towns safer for women and girls, including by using plain-clothes officers to reduce assaults, have been approved.
River boat tours could be set to return to a tourist town as part of proposals to erect a new docking station.
Children will be able to ride the bus for free in part of Kent this summer thanks to a government-funded scheme.
Plans to add more cameras to several towns to catch motorists flouting traffic rules have been welcomed despite claims they’re purely to “make money”.
A new £23.65 million family sports and leisure centre is officially open.
A council has approved plans to bring in charges for those who bin more than others.
Residents in one of the fastest growing parts of Kent are being asked their views on its “blueprint for the future”.
An ex-member of the armed forces says he was continually “chased” by British Gas to pay an inaccurate bill.
A council is considering plans to draft in more plainclothes police officers to step in and prevent assaults on women and girls on nights out.
Thousands of homes could be built on rural land as part of a plan to reshape the look of a conurbation over the next few decades.
A council has made changes to its cabinet after seeing three of its members take up new postings at Westminster.
A revised plan to revitalise a rundown part of a historic town centre and improve a dangerous road junction is to go on display.
A council has vowed to plaster the faces of fly-tippers and anti-social motorists online in an attempt to clampdown on environmental crime.
The sudden chopping down of a tree planted a quarter of a century ago as a tribute to people killed at work has provoked anger among some residents.
Some people have yet to receive their postal vote for the general election on July 4 which could mean they won’t be able to cast their ballot.
A fast-food takeaway accused of employing illegal workers when raided by the Home Office may now have its licence revoked.
A council says it attempting to “move on” a group of travellers who have set up an unauthorised encampment at a recreation ground.
A Kent authority has passed an urban design code to emphasise the history of the local area.
Plans for transforming a former golf course into a community parkland are one step closer to becoming a reality.
Businesses say three-month roadworks may finally be at an end but the impact is long lasting with politicians largely ‘uninterested’ in their plight.
A council which failed to meet its housing targets has been forced to create an action plan to get back on track - but now faces even higher targets.
A main road which was closed to build an entrance to a new school is set to open a week earlier than planned.
A ruling party has been accused of reneging on promises made before being elected after plans to redevelop working docks were given the green light.
Controversial plans to erect retirement homes near a protected wildlife site have been approved — but only on the condition there’s no kids or cats.
A high street drinking hole has won approval to make its temporary outdoor shelter, first erected during the pandemic, a permanent fixture.
A local authority has revealed it is still forking out huge sums due to residents putting items in the wrong bins.
A business owner has slammed a new traffic management scheme he says is costing him thousands of pounds and is making a high street a “ghost town”.
A controversial application for a new employment and enterprise hub has been given the go-ahead by councillors - but could still be stopped.
A local authority is hoping to better enforce moving traffic offences with new ANPR cameras spread across 17 locations.
Local traders say business is down by 85% because of roadworks in the area which customers are avoiding.
The Prime Minister has announced people will head to the polls for a general election in July.
A controversial planning application to redevelop working docks will go before a council’s planning committee for a decision.
Plans for three selective schools to become mixed-sex and admit both genders have been passed to a minister to decide.
A local authority has been warned it risks turning its new £24million leisure centre into a ‘white elephant’ unless it addresses its ‘high prices’.
The Green Party has selected a parliamentary candidate who has vowed to fight for ‘creative solutions’ to give residents better chances if elected.
Council bosses are defending a decision to spend millions on fixing their headquarters.
Opposition councillors have accused council cabinet members of “gaslighting” the public over cracking down on anti-social behaviour.
Former Deputy Prime Minister Damian Green has told the Kent Politics Podcast he’s amazed Labour has taken Dover MP Natalie Elphicke into its ranks.
A sports centre is set to reopen after undergoing a multi-million-pound transformation.
A popular lido thought to be the last riverside pool of its kind in the country has been officially recognised ahead of its summer reopening.
An opposition group have elected a new leader who they hope will take them back in to power.
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