I want to talk about something that we shouldn't have to talk about in 2019.

It should be a given that our schools have the funding they need to give our children the best start in life.

But that's not the case. The Conservatives repeatedly tell us that schools have never had more money. That they've never had it as good.

Jennie Lardge and Eleanor Sampson are standing as Chelmsford City Council candidates for the Lib Dems in Waterhouse Farm ward. Here, they explain why they want to be city councillors.

When my son Gabriel was born, I didn't imagine that he'd have quite such an active political career before his first birthday.

But now he's experienced one anti-Trump march, two People's Vote marches, one debate in the House of Commons chamber and one very infamous breach of the pairing arrangements in Parliament. He's probably the most politically active baby in the country.

In the local elections on 2nd May, Lib Dems are working for a safer, greener and fairer Chelmsford.

Demand a safer Chelmsford

Gangs, drug-dealing and knife crime are on the rise. The Conservatives slashed the number of Essex Police PCSOs and Constables.

The Liberal Democrats will invest in policing and anti-gang initiatives.

I'd like to wish all of our Sikh members, supporters and candidates a Happy Vaisakhi.

I know that today is a very special day for you as you celebrate not only the year that Sikhism was born as a collective faith, the anniversary of the founding of the Khalsa (the collective name given to Sikhs who've been baptised), but also the start of the Sikh New Year.