A boy from Pinner is set to take centre stage in Westminster this week after winning a national competition

Ten-year-old Jonathan Levene, who attends Moriah Jewish Day School, in Cannon Lane, Pinner, wrote the winning entry in the Children's Manifesto challenge run by Go-Givers at the Citizenship Foundation.

More than 1,700 children from 57 primary schools across the UK took part in the competition in the run-up to the General Election.

The children were invited to write their own political manifestos suggesting how to make Britain a better place.

Jonathan’s manifesto suggested there should be a National Students’ Council of Year 6 children, with representatives from every region who “meet the Education Secretary once a term to discuss ideas and how to change schools across the country”.

He added: “Let’s not forget that our future lies in the hands of us kids so we must start presenting our ideas and debating in a civilised manner as soon as possible, otherwise, who will be Prime Minister in 40 years’ time?”

Jonathan will be presented with the winner’s trophy by former Minister for Civil Society Nick Hurd MP at the event in Westminster, which will also be attended by Catherine West, Labour MP for Hornsey and Wood Green, Paul Scully, Conservative MP for Sutton and Cheam, and children’s author Adèle Geras.