On this week’s Kent Politics Podcast our reporters discuss recent by-election wins for Reform.

The party took two seats in Medway and the team discuss whether this could be part of a wider swing across the entire county.

They also talk about some good news for the Conservatives at County Hall with some recent survey findings in their favour as the race for the KCC election on May 1 begins.

Special guest is county councillor Sean Holden on recent devolution developments and our reporters also take a look at Labour’s tough talk on immigration.

The weekly podcast brings together Simon Finlay, Robert Boddy and Dan Esson, of the Local Democracy Reporting Service.

Simon covers Kent County Council while Robert reports on Medway Council and Dan specialises in borough and district councils.

And KM senior news editor Nikki White usually takes us through the latest developments in Westminster but colleague Sean Delaney has stepped in to look at the national picture this week.

You can listen to the podcast at IM Listening, or download it from Apple Podcasts, Spotify and TuneIn – just search for Kent Politics Podcast.

Readers can also keep up-to-date with the latest political news on our dedicated Kent Politics page on KentOnline.