This election is one of the most important of our times -- public services are crumbling, living standards are falling and our climate is deteriorating.

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Only the Greens are offering the real hope and real change that we need. I am Michael Kearney and I am honoured to be standing for the Green Party in York Outer. I have lived in York all my adult life and have worked in schools across the city so have a deep understanding of the issues facing people and families. The damage caused by the Conservatives and Labour to our schools and NHS are a key reason I am standing in this election, not because I am a career politician like the others. Labour are offering no answers to the spiraling crises affecting us and have committed themselves to five more years of austerity and further NHS privatisation. Only a vote for the Greens will be a vote to end NHS privatisation; NHS dentists for all; bringing water back into public ownership and ending the scandal of sewage dumping; investing in the Green economy to create new, well-paid jobs; and tackling the climate crisis. This is your chance to vote for real hope and real change.