Natasha Irons MP joins 650 to discuss the story behind her path to Parliament.
The Labour MP for Croydon East reflects on her grandparents arriving from Jamaica as part of the Windrush generation, growing up in South London, and how social housing gave her family the stability and dignity to build a future.
Natasha talks about the moment she first felt politics could be for someone like her, her 15 years working in television marketing at Channel 4, becoming a local councillor, and why she eventually decided to stand for Parliament.
She also shares the reality of balancing Westminster with raising two young children, the intensity of election campaigns, her belief in the importance of local government, and what she hopes to achieve for young people and her community.
650 is a podcast project with one mission: to interview all 650 MPs and create a portrait of the people behind power.
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