Candidate Statement: Catherine West – Barnet Post

Labor candidate for Hornsey and Friern Barnet

After 14 years of Conservative failure, our public services are at breaking point.

Largest NHS waiting lists since records began. Schools are crumbling, crimes unsolved, sewage polluting our rivers and seas and a housing crisis. It is the only Parliament on record where living standards have fallen, leaving thousands of people in Hornsey & Friern Barnet struggling to pay their bills and children going hungry.

We can’t go on like this.

The Tories have screwed up so much, and during their tenure, trust in politics has hit rock bottom. If they are re-elected, more chaos will follow. Only Labor can stop the rot and build a fairer and greener society.

In my 9 years as a Member of Parliament I have held the Tories to account at every opportunity and it was my question in Parliament that drew Boris Johnson out on the isolationist lies and led to his resignation.

We have seen the damage Tory austerity has done to services in Hornsey & Friern Barnet, helped residents affected by the Tory cost of living crisis, pushed for tenancy reform and defended our high streets. As shadow foreign secretary, I represented Labor values ​​overseas.

But to deliver the change our community needs, a Labor government is needed. One that will rebuild our NHS, take bold action to tackle climate change, put neighborhood policing back on our streets, act so no child goes to school hungry and build 1.5 million new homes – with the biggest council house building program in a generation.

Vote Labor on Thursday 4th July and give back to Britain’s future.

Statements by five other candidates: Dawn Barnes – Liberal Democrats, Naz Panju – Conservatives, Dino Philippos – Labor Party, Helen Spiby-Vann – Christian People’s Alliance and Fabio Vollono – Green Party.

Barnett Post approached the UK’s reformist candidate Navdeep Singh for a statement, but did not receive one.

Note: Barnett Post approached all candidates for ward seats and gave them the opportunity to make a 250-word statement. The purpose of these statements is to give voters the clearest possible understanding of the prospects of the people they are asking for their support. In doing so, we acknowledge that some views have caused me offense and upset, and we apologize if this is the case.

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