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Last year the Greens also became the largest party on Hastings Borough Council and have big numbers on councils including East Hertfordshire, Babergh, East Suffolk, Mid Suffolk, Lewes, Folkestone and Hythe and the Forest of Dean.

Until then, John Stevens, who rents in Leiston, believes some landlords will look to move current tenants on in order to make use of East Suffolk Council's Sizewell C housing grants scheme.

According to the ONS, 79.1% of people in East Suffolk aged between 16 and 64 are in paid work.

Those behind the project, in which the government has an 85% stake, previously said they were working "closely with the housing team at East Suffolk Council" to ensure "no negative impacts" on the private housing sector and the local area.

"I am in touch with Sizewell C, East Suffolk Council and relevant ministers, and will continue to make this point clearly," she says.