Everyone should have the right to live in a decent home, breathe clean air, and ensure a safer, greener planet for the next generation to enjoy.

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We need to invest in our communities and create an economy where all voices are listened to. We need change and hope for the future!

But after twenty years as a member of the Labour Party, and ten years as councillor and Lambeth cabinet member for the Equalities and Culture portfolio, I saw communities like mine become invisible to the Labour Party. Our voices weren’t heard.

Thousands of residents petitioned Lambeth Council to vote for a motion calling for a ceasefire in Gaza – but when I refused to vote against the Gaza ceasefire motion that the Greens brought, Labour suspended me.

Lambeth residents deserve better, and they have been ignored for far too long! I joined the Green Party to change that, and since May they’ve begun to change that in Lambeth by listening and inviting the community to have a say in how services are delivered.

I am totally committed to representing the residents of Myatt’s Fields and the challenge of fixing Lambeth’s broken housing and repair systems, empowering our communities, and fighting for people every day.