Edwards worked at the Bank of England before her selection as a parliamentary candidate, as a manager in financial regulation including a secondment to HM Treasury for about six months working on Brexit related legislation.[2]
Edwards has an English-born mother and holds British citizenship.[2]
Political career
In 2021, Edwards was elected to Medway Council in a by-election from Rochester East ward.[8] She was cabinet member for economic and social regeneration and inward investment.[9]
On 8 August 2024, Edwards issued an apology on Twitter following the emergence of tweets she wrote between 2009 and 2011 in which she used offensive language, described by The Guardian as a "series of 'racist' tweets", stating it was a "significant error of judgement".[10][11]