Chris Kennedy chosen amid reports Greens do not want to be blamed for splitting progressive vote and allowing Reform to winUK politics live – latest updatesThe Green party has chosen “a committed local campaigner” as its candidate in the Makerfield byelection on 18 June.Chris Kennedy, a nurse and children’s safeguarding specialist, was chosen after a hustings on Wednesday amid reports that the party was proposing to hold back from investing significant resources in the byelection. Continue reading...