The first question anyone asks about Labour and its programme for government is do the sums add up?

Leader Jeremy Corbyn insists they do but the devil is in the detail.

For the moment, we have an assertion that the higher tax rates for high earners would bring in £48.6m to help fund its policy pledges.

Inevitably, the Conservatives have been scrutinising the manifesto and claim they have already found nine unfunded commitments.

The sums aside, how might the manifesto go down in Kent? Frustrated commuters might find the prospect of renationalising the railways attractive but a wait until 2018 for anything to happen less so.

On that thorny issue of immigration - which has been Labour’s Achiles heel in recent elections - Mr Corbyn struck an almost defiant tone, saying that the impact of migrants who worked in areas like the NHS were fantastically beneficial.

He certainly has a point and while immigration hasn’t appeared to have been the top issue for voters in this campaign, it remains a sensitive topic.

At least Labour has set out a distinctive policy agenda which you can’t always have said was the case.

Whether voters will be won over remains to be seen.

A RESHUFFLE of Kent County Council’s cabinet - the top team - by leader Paul Carter proved rather modest and certainly wasn’t the night - or day - of the long knives.

Most of the key figures remain and there is an intriguing promotion for Peter Oakford to deputy leader, replacing John Simmonds who remains as cabinet member for finance.

Other than that - really not much else although it is worth noting the ten-strong cabinet has only woman, Susan Carey.