WITH THE general election for July 4 just around the corner, we recently sat down with one of the parliamentary candidates standing for the new constituency of Newport West and Islwyn, Labour's Ruth Jones, to find out more about her campaign.

Ms Jones, who was previously the member of Parliament for Newport West in 2019, is now standing as the parliamentary candidate for Newport West and Islwyn, one of the newly created constituencies.

As someone with a background in medical care and trade unions, as a former physiotherapist, Ms Jones believes she can relate to the people she is representing as she knows what it means to really advocate for people.

She said: "It's really important to get to know people and their issues. People cane be proud and not want to........

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