Nicola Day, Green Party

My main priority would be to provide a greener, cleaner transport network for people who wish to travel in and out of Peterborough city centre from Hampton, Woodston and Orton (city centre shops desperately need their custom!).

I would prioritise active travel (walking and cycling) and work to improve local bus services into the city, which are currently too expensive and unreliable.

Fewer cars in the city centre will improve the air quality so that people living there will benefit from the cleaner air that people in NW Cambs constituency currently enjoy. Around schools I would work with Sustrans to introduce car-free streets, promoting active travel and cleaner air.

Schools in our city must be properly funded by national government. It is no secret that our headteachers are struggling to cope with the cuts and schools are having to cut back on non-core subjects, lunchtime supervision, teaching assistants and classroom resources. I would campaign to ensure all schools are fairly funded, with teachers given adequate planning and assessment time within the working week. This will help us to address teacher recruitment and retention issues. I would scrap narrow accountability measures such as SATS, league tables and Ofsted and introduce more holistic, teacher-led assessment. Children with special educational needs and disabilities would receive high quality education that enables them to thrive, not just survive.