The Liberal Democrat candidate for Hornsey and Friern Barnet

Dawn Barnes, Liberal Democrat candidate for Hornsey and Friern Barnet

As a local councillor and resident of Haringey, I want to see real change for both our country and our local area.

The Lib Dems have a strong manifesto which includes rebuilding our broken relationship with the EU and rejoining the single market, reforming our electoral system and making sure people can see a GP within seven days, or 24 hours if urgent, supported by 8,000 more GPs.

Fixing the care system is a priority. Our leader, Ed Davey, has been a carer for most of his life, first for his mother and then for his son. This set of policies comes from experience of caring: the fighting for support; the sacrifices; and the frustrations. All a carer wants is help to give their loved one the best life possible. We would provide a fair deal for carers to do this.

Addressing the housing crisis by building thousands of new homes a year, private and social, and reforming private renting – all vital in London. New homes should be well-insulated to save on energy bills and we have a 10-year plan to retrofit thousands of existing homes. Cleaning up our rivers and increasing biodiversity are among our other environmental policies, which are ranked highly with Friends of the Earth.

I work for a university and I am a local school governor so, as you can imagine, education is important to me. I look forward to being elected and being able to fix our crumbling school and college buildings.

Finally, our manifesto is the only one of the three largest parties to promise more funds for local councils, which will help my colleagues and I better serve our residents.

Statements from five other candidates: Naz Panju – Conservatives, Dino Philippos – Workers Party, Helen Spiby-Vann – Christian People’s Alliance, Fabio Vollono – Green Party and Catherine West – Labour.

Barnet Post approached Reform UK candidate Navdeep Singh for a statement but we have not received one.

Note: Barnet Post approached all candidates for the borough’s seats and offered them the opportunity to make a 250-word statement. The purpose of these statements is to give voters the clearest possible understanding of the perspectives of people who are asking for their support. In doing this, we acknowledge that some views expressed my cause offence and distress and apologise if this is the case.

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