Alongside asking candidates to pledge to champion cancer in Parliament, we want to see all candidates and all parties commit to our five key pledges:

Back research: Set out a plan to close the more than £1bn funding gap for research into cancer over the next decade.

End cancers caused by smoking: Raise the age of sale of tobacco and fund a world leading programme of measures to help people who smoke to quit.

Drive earlier diagnoses: Implement proven measures, including a lung screening programme, to diagnose cancers early and reduce inequalities in access.

End the waits: Ensure cancer wait time targets are met across England.

Lead on cancer: Publish a long-term cancer strategy for England and Establish a National Cancer Council, accountable to the Prime Minister, to drive cross-government action on cancer.

Health is a devolved matter, so not all of our calls apply to candidates in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland in these elections. We are calling for candidates in all nations to back research and pledge to champion cancer if they are elected, in the next Parliament.

We’ll be working ahead of future devolved elections to inform political parties in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. In fact, we’ve recently been campaigning for all the devolved nations to implement a national, targeted lung cancer screening programme, which is one of our key pledges.