Esther Sutton, the Green Party candidate in Croydon Central, said "we are the only party serious about tackling climate change".

"We feel passionately we need to offer people the choice to vote green," Ms Sutton told BBC Radio London political reporter Susana Mendonca.

A "firm Remain" supporter, Ms Sutton said the party will offer residents "a chance for a second referendum with a true people's vote.

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"We can help stop a Boris Johnson majority" the Liberal Democrats' man in Croydon Central, Simon Sprague has told BBC Radio London political reporter Susana Mendonca.

In a constituency divided down the middle on Brexit, "it is important people have a choice to vote for a true remain party", Mr Sprague said.

The Liberal Democrats have promised to revoke Article 50, cancelling Brexit.

This stance has won over "traditional conservative voters" that could not support Labour under Jeremy Corbyn, Mr Sprague said.

It will be an uphill battle to win the seat. The Liberal Democrats have won just over 1,000 votes at the last two elections.

But Mr Sprague said the party is "ambitious" in the area and plan to "start building up a local basis".

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Ben, 20, left Croydon College in July having completed a music technology course but is now working in graphic design.

He is not planning to vote but has followed debates on musician Facebook groups and they are concerned about Brexit.

"They're saying if we leave it will be harder to travel. The music industry will find it harder to get gigs abroad," he added.

He said he would like Brexit to be cancelled.

Ben decided against paying to go to university as he could learn all he wanted to know about graphic design for free on YouTube.

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"This is a Brexit election" according to the Conservative candidate for Croydon Central, Mario Creatura.

The area was split 50-50 in the referendum.

"People really get this. The reason we are where we are is because of this indecision by parliament being blocked and bunged up by politicians arguing amongst themselves," he told Vanessa Feltz on BBC Radio London.

Mr Creatura supports the prime minster's Brexit deal, despite voting to remain in the EU referendum, "because I'm a democrat," he said.

"Croydon can be best served by if we can get rid of that deadlock" in parliament, he said.

Labour's majority in the seat is just over 5,000.

To help him win the constituency Mr Creatura, a Croydon councillor, is referring to MP Gavin Barwell's book 'How to Win a Marginal Seat' - which he called a "bible for all campaigners".

"The historic nature of the seat is that it's always been tight."

But the Conservatives "can absolutely win", he said.

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Croydon. Famous for concrete, Boxpark, Stormzy and Kate Moss.

The south London borough is home to some 387,000 people, with the highest number of under-18s in the capital.

Croydon North, Croydon South and Croydon Central are its three parliamentary constituencies.

The latter is a marginal, bell-weather seat and since 1979 its winner has belonged to the party that forms the next government.

On a wet, grey day last week, Croydon residents shared their views with me on the election issues that mattered most to them.

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A new £1.4bn shopping centre has been in the pipeline for Croydon for nearly a decade.

Westfield proposed a new flagship store in 2012, forming a partnership with developers Hammerson the following year.

The scheme was approved by Croydon Council in November 2017, but due to the size of the scheme it had to be scrutinised by the Mayor of London.

Sadiq Khan rubber-stamped the project approved by the Mayor of London in January 2018.

Mr Khan said the mall - a joint venture by Westfield and Hammerson - will "unlock Croydon's potential".

The south London shopping centre will replace the existing Whitgift Centre and create 7,000 jobs.

Work to demolish the existing Whitgift Centre will begin later this year, with Westfield Croydon aiming to be open by 2022.

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Labour's Sarah Jones predicts the election in Croydon Central "is going to be tight again".

The constituency has been won by under 200 votes three times in its 40 year history. The seat is normally won by under 5,000 votes.

Mrs Jones' predecessor as MP, the former housing minister Gavin Barwell, literally wrote the book on how to win a marginal. , external

"I took some pleasure in defeating him," she told Vanessa Feltz on BBC Radio London.

"He spent his time writing a book rather than looking after his constituency."

This time around "a lot of people are very muddled about this election" with lots of competing interest in things like Brexit, austerity and crime.

"The only approach to that is to be completely honest," she said.

"It's always a seat you really have to work at."

Our election spotlight is on Croydon and we are hearing about the local issues that matter to the people who live here.

If you have a question about what election could mean for you, use this form to ask us and one of our journalists could be in touch.

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The tram that travels through Croydon transports its passengers through a borough that has been split down the middle politically for years between Labour and the Tories… as well as on Brexit.

Croydon was once London's bellwether seat.

Between 1979 and 2005 the party that won Croydon Central won the general election.

Since then politics has become more complicated, with coalitions and hung parliaments.

But the borough of Croydon remains resolutely middle of the road. The borough tends to be fairly close to the London average for unemployment, child poverty and education indicators.

As a whole Croydon voted 54.3% in favour of Remain in the EU Referendum.

But pick beneath the surface and it's more complicated. One of the three parliamentary constituencies, Croydon Central, voted to leave - if only by the finest of margins

And one ward, Ashburton, split 50-50 exactly, with both Leave and Remain getting 3,885 votes.

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Good morning.

The BBC is in Croydon today, looking at what people want from the forthcoming election and from politicians - exactly a week before we go to the polls.

BBC TV and radio programmes will be coming live from the south London borough throughout the course of the day, talking to local people, organisations and businesses about what matters to them as the UK prepares to go to the polls next month.

We'll be keeping you up to date on this live page.

If you have a question you can get in touch by emailing yourquestions@bbc.co.uk or using the hashtag #BBCyourquestions on social media.