Public spending in London is £14,500 per person.

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But in Yorkshire it's just £11,900 per person – that’s a shortfall of over £14 billion, every year, across Yorkshire.

We receive only scraps from London's table.

The London-based parties have London-based priorities.

The Yorkshire Party is standing up for proper fair funding through a Yorkshire Regional Parliament, so that we can control our own local affairs - investing in transport, housing, protecting the environment, health and education - and put an end to London-centric politics and top down decision making.

Issues in York which I believe are important are improving rail links to Leeds and beyond and a new rail station for Haxby, access to an NHS dentist for all, proper cycle ways with traffic segregation and giving everyone access to green spaces through providing many more allotments.

We must also stop the dreadful pollution of the River Ouse.

And if you want to have a say in the future of our communities why not join The Yorkshire Party ?

Finally, good luck to all the other candidates who are participating in our democracy.