I’m Charlotte Hughes and I will be representing the Green Party for the Hurst ward in Ashton.

I stand for the normal working class person and am a single parent. I live in social housing thus have become a victim of the governments wave of cuts which has hit our area very harshly.

My main areas of interest are to keep the n.h.s public, creating sustainable jobs, paying workers a living wage and protecting pensions and ending fuel poverty. I am not afraid of standing up for both people and the environment.

The issues surrounding the environment are also very important to me and I do campaign for these issues. I also feel strongly about defending our public services and nationalising our rail and energy companies.

Too many people are in both fuel and food poverty now and this is an issue that I am passionate about. I am an active campaigner on all of these issues. Everyone and everything should be treated with respect and everyone matters. This is why I’m standing.