Troops have marched through the streets of the County Town today following the inauguration of the new mayor.

Council bosses are defending a decision to spend millions on fixing their headquarters.

Fraud and human error cost a council £2.8m last year - with one £63,000 payment for care to dead person.

Opposition councillors have accused council cabinet members of “gaslighting” the public over cracking down on anti-social behaviour.

A new coalition has been formed to run a borough council.

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 mix-up has led to the wrong person taking a seat on a council and only a High Court order can remove them.

We reveal the story behind bin ‘chaos’ which has seen councillors pay for rubbish to be taken by private contractors.

Nearly 14,000 holders of Kent subsidised bus passes face an 18% price hike.

Natalie Elphicke is withdrawing her bid to convert a garage into a new house following her controversial defection to Labour, KentOnline can reveal.

A long-awaited ban on the live export of animals is finally set to come into force - 50 years after campaigners started fighting for the rule.

Kent County Council has failed to hit targets in three key areas, according to official new figures

Parts of a town centre will be closed to traffic as soldiers parade to mark the appointment of a new mayor and council leader.

Political editor Paul Francis says Natalie Elphicke’s “baffling and futile” defection to Labour is far from the coup Keir Starmer hoped it would be…

We visited a reopened park and ride service as a debate rages over whether running the double-decker diesel buses is bad for the environment.

The controversial new traffic measures will come into force shortly - but many people still do not know what they mean.

A multi-million-pound project to update a roundabout is months behind schedule with “issues trapping reptiles” among the reasons for delays.

Sir Keir Starmer has promised to make Kent’s shores “hostile territory for people-smuggling gangs" during a speech in Kent.

This week’s Kent Politics Podcast discusses Dover MP Natalie Elphicke’s defection and hears from the head of polling company Electoral Calculus.

Kent’s smokers are costing the county £1.3bn a year, say new figures.