Claire Vennis introduces our Election Questions hustings event from a packed St Peter's Church in Petersfield.

At the event, candidates standing in the East Hampshire constituency in the general election answered questions from local people including Shine Radio listeners.

The chair is the vicar of St Peter's, the Reverend Canon Will Hughes.

Our panel comprises:

• Damian Hinds – Conservative
• Matthew Kellerman – Reform UK
• Richard Knight – The Green Party
• Jim Makin – Hampshire Independents
• Dominic Martin – Liberal Democrat
• Lucy Sims – Labour

We also invited Sara Smith of the Social Democratic Party to participate.

You can see pictures and our fact-check of candidates' answers at https://shineradio.uk