A Tory candidate was empty-chaired at a hustings in her constituency, while a Reform party hopeful was replaced with a pinecone.

First the D-Day debacle and now a betting scandal - political editor Paul Francis looks at a Conservative election campaign plagued with setbacks.

Education in Kent is facing a crisis on a number of fronts - but how is each party promising to solve it at the general election?

While many were crowded around watching the England game, our reporter was at a general election hustings event where politics was the hot topic…

A Conservative vying to be a Kent MP is under fire for posting what Labour says is an antisemitic image on social media.

Why are political leaders obsessed with telling voters about their ‘deprived’ childhoods, asks our columnist.

On the Kent Politics Podcast this week we talk with Labour’s Sevenoaks candidate who tells us what issues residents tell her about on the doorstep.

With the election just two weeks away, we look at what the parties are promising on immigration - and speak to a refugee who now calls Kent home.

Parliamentary hopefuls in Canterbury attempted to win over voters at a hustings event this evening.

An MP has called for “kinder politics” after her general election campaign billboard was defaced with graffiti.

Candidates are set to be quizzed during another general election husting, set to be live-streamed on KentOnline today.

With two weeks until the election where are people’s party posters asks our columnist - or has politics become too nasty and voters disillusioned?

We take an in-depth look at what the main parties are promising for housing and why it means no let up for the county - regardless of who wins.

Candidates for the three Medway constituencies faced questions on issues that matter to them in a hustings event.

A House of Lords peer has had the Labour whip suspended for his comments about Rosie Duffield.

It’s wrong for political candidates to evade scrutiny and accountability at hustings debates without good reason, says political editor Paul Francis…

Back-to-back general election hustings covering three Kent constituencies will be live-streamed on KentOnline tonight.

A Labour candidate has announced she will not attend husting events ahead of the general election due to the actions of “fixated individuals”.

The Reform UK party in Kent has downplayed the prospects of it winning seats in the county despite a new opinion poll putting it ahead of the Tories.

After toying with the idea of standing for election, columnist Melissa Todd has revealed her hypothetical manifesto pledges…