I’m a county councillor and your cabinet member for social care and safeguarding in the Labour and Green coalition.

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I’m also the council’s LGBTQ+ Champion. I’m standing in this election because voters tell me they are crying out for an MP with integrity, honesty and good judgement. An MP who offers real hope for our health and wellbeing, instead of a continued decline in our public services. An MP who offers real hope for a society that cares, bringing people together instead of driving them apart. An MP who offers real hope for our future by taking the action needed to tackle the climate and nature emergency. By voting Green, you send a message about the real changes you want to see. Real changes, such as a £50 billion pound increase in health and social care to heal our broken NHS, paid for by taxing the wealth of the super-rich. Real changes such as providing 150,000 new council houses each year, bringing in rent controls in the private rented sector, and insulating leaky homes to keep people warm and reduce their energy bills. Real changes such as a frequent flyer levy, increased subsidies for public transport and making buses free for under-18s. We can all see the Tories are toast. But we deserve better than an uninspiring Labour Party offering more of the same. Green MPs will never stop defending our future, protecting our NHS from privatisation and pushing the next Labour government to be more ambitious, to do better. We deserve real hope and real change. Vote Green. Thank you.