KentOnline columnist Melissa Todd attended a UKIP gathering and counter protest at the weekend, here is what she encountered…

Keir Starmer has announced the introduction of mandatory digital IDs - but will it actually help crack down on illegal immigration?

Council debts of £2.3 billion could render proposed local government reforms "unworkable”, it has been warned.

It appears motorists’ prayers have been answered as the county council confirms remaining work on a 12-week project will take place mostly at night.

Residents say a huge border facility “bleaches” the sky and “casts the glow of a sports stadium” as plans to give it permanent status move forward.

An anti-immigration rally led by singer and influencer MissusKent outside a former barracks was met with a counter-protest.

Residents are rejoicing after councillors backtracked on selling off part of a park that would have helped a housing development progress.

Hundreds of new homes will be built on a vacant shipyard, as well as on open grassland after two planning bids were given the nod.

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With a protest planned this weekend, one resident says migrants living at a former barracks have become part of the community.

Reform UK deputy leader Richard Tice says only his party has the policies to tackle Britain’s problems with illegal migration.

Part of the county has been singled out to receive £20m in government funding as part of a project to reignite pride in where people live.

Fears too many houses in multiple occupation concentrated in one area could “damage” communities could see planning rules changed in a Kent borough.

Kent’s largest local authority has been accused of using “smoke and mirrors” tactics in repaying a massive loan 40 years early.

Further anti-immigration protests are planned in two Kent towns amid growing tensions surrounding the issue.

Residents whose road has been turned into a dangerous rat run after a major landslip more than two years ago fear someone will be killed.

A council has agreed to submit its own plan for local government reorganisation in Kent - but opposition councillors have branded it a “dead” idea.

Reform’s leadership at KCC has come under fire after a party staffer allegedly made comments about tensions within the party.

An historic town centre building, which was owned and maintained by Kent County Council (KCC), has been offloaded at auction.

Fears over increasing social problems have led to calls for a change in the way houses of multiple occupation are given planning permission.