Violence against women is not inevitable. If the Government wants to 'win back' women voters, it should start by putting female experiences and concerns at the heart of policy making.

The answer is simple, there is only one real alternative; the Green Party; a party that, in truth, may not be able to make a widespread impact but may just be capable of tweaking policies in our favour, resulting in a fairer, safer, greener nation.

With nearly 4,500 young people unemployed in Brighton & Hove, high rents, rising prices and low wages the Brighton have many issues that need attention. The impact of zero growth, a Green Party manifesto commitment, can be seen in the number of empty shops in the city centre

The Green Party has an opportunity to champion social justice in a way that moves beyond technocratic economic management. No longer the single-issue party, we are becoming a voice of reason across the political landscape.

Lucas' constituency Brighton has the country's highest drugs-related death rate per capita. And instead of continuing the disastrous war on drugs, she turns to a decriminalisation process that Portugal has adopted for the past decade.