Raagavee Selvamohan

The issues I want to change are:

• The way teenagers are portrayed
• The way people think we are the crime
• The lack of jobs means ruined futures

You might have heard about the recent riots and you might have heard that our age group got all the blame. But hold on! Weren't the adults the ones who started the riot?

Many people believe that the riots started because of the death of Mark Duggans, and others believe it was because of the recession.

Teenagers did take part in riots but they were influenced by adults.

We are not listened to by the people who really need to hear us. Just because we are young doesn't mean that people can't consider our opinions.

Did you know that only 13% of young people feel that there are opportunities to influence the political scene.

Since the Olympics are coming, many people need to see the better generation of adults.

So now it's time for us to influence adults instead of having the adults influencing us.

VOTE 4 me and together we can really make Newham a place where people can choose to live, work, and stay.