Boy, 15, launches his own political party

Kenan, 15, from Swindon, has written a 57-page manifesto for his political party Nexus

A 15-year-old boy has launched his own political party - with a 57-page manifesto.

Kenan, from Swindon, said he decided to set up Nexus, a central party that he hoped would straddle the left-right divide, after the last general election.

The manifesto includes spending £10bn on setting up 1,000 polyclinics to treat outpatients and paying 20% of the student loans of those graduating in areas such as nursing and occupational therapy.

"Politics is my video game," he said.

'Utilising AI'

Other policies include the creation of a digital app for GPs which would utilise AI to crosscheck NHS databases to locate the nearest hospital for patient referrals "whilst ensuring the hospital has the capacity to receive the individual as a patient".

Kenan said: "This app will not only assist in distributing and alleviating pressure on the hospital network but additionally assist in cutting NHS waiting lists by allowing hospitals to run as efficiently as possible."

In terms of housing, Kenan said he would spend £100bn on a quality housing initiative, creating 650,000 units of housing in council B and C tax bands.

'Shift in politics'

Kenan, who is due to take his GCSEs later this year, told the Local Democracy Reporting Service, that the idea came to him after the "last general election - one of the lowest turnouts at a general election ever".

Keir Starmer and Labour "won the highest number of seats-to-votes ratio ever", he said.

"There's been a general rejection of the two-party system but also people are turning away from mainstream politics in general."

Kenan, who hopes to study medicine at university, said his party would make policy on "documented evidence" and not on "underlying ideology".

While realistic, Kenan hopes Nexus could "be part of a shift in thinking about politics in this country".

He added: "New ideas come along and they can be adopted by others who take them on.

"I'm far from a communist but that was a new idea which was picked up and, if you go back, so was capitalism."