Planning consent has been granted by councillors for 319 new apartments in Chatham, Kent. Developer Arpenteur Nightingale ...

A war of words has broken out after the leader of one of the county’s biggest local authorities called out a “threatening” ...

Medway Council has just entered a new municipal year, the third since the last set of local elections in the Towns. Since May last year we’ve seen a general election which ended 14 years of Tory rule, ...

Medway Council will begin offering members of the public an opportunity to question councillors during cabinet meetings. The ...

A council's children services have been praised for improvements, but inspectorate Ofsted has warned staff turnover has ...

The education watchdog has warned that a council’s work to improve children’s services could be hindered by high staff ...

Extra waste collections now require a £40 per year subscription, which buys a permit to be fixed to an additional brown bin.

Members of the public will soon have more opportunities to ask questions of their council as part of a six-month trial ...

Kent CC and Medway Council leaders are seeking clarity about why their application to join the devolution priority programme was rejected despite, all their neighbours' plans being approved. Local ...

Medway Council requested the additional support from the government as it faced a dire financial situation Medway Council has approved a 4.99% council tax rise as part of its 2025/26 budget to ...

In November 2023, Medway council announced it had paid £57,000 in disposal costs over a 12-month period, due to waste that had been sorted incorrectly. According to the council 1,042 tonnes of ...

A newly Labour controlled council has cancelled all its christmas lights due to a 'challenging financial situation'. Medway Council in Kent said it made the 'sad and difficult decision', which ...