The Liberal Democrats will use £2.5 million from a fine imposed on a bank for rigging the Libor rate to investment in Kent's air ambulance service.
Local elections are dominated by the noisy Westminster arguments, but they matter as much for the future of Sevenoaks as a place to live.
Students at Knole Academy in Sevenoaks had their first taste of electoral power after local Lib Dem candidates Merilyn Canet and Alan Bullion came to speak to them last week as part of the school election.