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See the bigger picture across Kent.

The Kent Current helps you understand the stories, decisions and changes shaping the county. Through original reporting, interviews and analysis, we connect the dots across Kent. No clickbait. No endless stream of minor updates. Just journalism worth your time.

Kent is one county. Why is it covered like fourteen different places?

Most local news stops at district boundaries. We don't.

The Kent Current looks at the issues shaping the county as a whole, while still reporting on the places and people that make Kent unique.

From local government and transport to housing, heritage and culture, we connect the dots across Kent to help you understand the bigger picture.

What we've been reporting

Recent reporting has included:

  • Why the biggest changes to local government in decades will reshape Kent.
Four new councils and a lot of unanswered questions
Four authorities, fourteen councils to unwind, and less than two years to build a new system of local government
Kent CurrentEd Jennings
  • The future of the SS Richard Montgomery and the complex operation to remove its masts.
Taking apart Kent’s most famous wreck
For 82 years, Kent has mostly dealt with the SS Richard Montgomery by leaving it alone. Now, the masts are coming down.
Kent CurrentEd Jennings
  • How major infrastructure projects, from AI data centres to transport schemes, could transform parts of the county.
The data centre that skipped Dartford
How a contested area of land became part of Britain’s AI infrastructure argument
Kent CurrentEd Jennings
  • The challenges facing Kent's water supply as demand continues to grow.
How many times can Kent’s water system fail the same test?
South East Water says it planned for the heat. Thousands of Kent households still lost supply.
Kent CurrentEd Jennings
  • The people behind Kent's culture, politics, business and public life through our regular interviews.
“It had shamed me for having poor mental health”
Our interview with Rich Lehmann, former Green Group leader at Kent County Council
Kent CurrentSteven Keevil
  • Planning decisions, public spending and the stories that often slip beneath the radar.

What readers are saying

"A new, quality news outlet for the county that is well worth supporting if you live here!"
James O'Malley

"It's good to have in-depth reporting of local issues. I care deeply about Kent and Medway, so it's great to hear from reporters who feel the same but give the news as it is, both good and bad."
Adrian Gulvin, Medway councillor

What you'll get

Every free subscriber receives journalism that helps make sense of what's happening across Kent, delivered straight to their inbox.

A weekly briefing
A curated roundup of the biggest stories from across Kent, plus planning, culture, events and the conversations shaping the county.

Original reporting
In-depth journalism, investigations and analysis that goes beyond the headlines.

Interviews and features
Long-form conversations with the people making, changing and reflecting life in Kent.

The bigger picture
Connections, context and explanation to help you understand what's happening across the county, not just in one district.

Independent, reader-funded journalism

The Kent Current is funded primarily by its readers, not by clickbait or endless advertising.

That means we can spend time on the stories that matter, not the ones most likely to generate clicks.

That independence allows us to spend longer on stories, ask more questions and publish journalism that helps people understand Kent rather than simply react to it.

We are regulated by Impress and are a member of the Public Interest News Foundation, reflecting our commitment to accurate, accountable public interest journalism.