*Socialist Nancy Taaffe to stand in Walthamstow constituency* Millions will relish the opportunity to register their hatred of the Tories at the ballot box.

Full statement

But Keir Starmer and Stella Creasy’s Labour Party doesn’t fight for the interests of working class people.

Socialist Party member Nancy Taaffe will stand as part of the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC).

* Private profit out of our NHS * Council homes and rent control * End austerity - inflation-proof pay rises and no more cuts to jobs and public services * Renationalise rail, mail, water and energy * Stop the onslaught on Gaza * For a socialist alternative to capitalist crisis, climate destruction and war

For interview: Nancy Taaffe 07786 857673

* Nancy Taaffe won 5,595 votes in the 2024 Greater London Assembly election and 9% of the vote in the Higham Hill council by-election in October 2014 * TUSC did not contest the parliamentary elections when Jeremy Corbyn was leader of the Labour Party, but Nancy was the Socialist candidate in Walthamstow in 2015 and 2010. * Nancy and TUSC have consistently stood candidates in Waltham Forest council elections, securing 3,490 votes in 2022, 2,841 votes in 2018 and 5,482 votes in 2014. * Nancy Taaffe is Chair of the Save Our Square campaign and Assistant Secretary of Waltham Forest Trades Council. She and the Socialist Party have a long record of fighting for council housing, and against cuts, privatisation and war.