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5000 Voices

The MEN is sounding out the views of voters across Greater Manchester with a series of video vox pops around our region as part of 5000 Voices, a UK-wide project running throughout the 2024 General Election. We'll bring you voices from across the UK on our 5,000 Voices site.

"The working man has been taxed to the hill": Voters in Greater Manchester share views ahead of the election
Greater Manchester News
The M.E.N travelled to Farnworth - the Bolton South East Constituency to hear voters views ahead of the election
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'Whoever gets in, they're not going to do anything... simple'
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'This government has been a mess'
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'The NHS is broken - I’m not sure it can be repaired'
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The M.E.N. is travelling around Greater Manchester to find out what issues people most care about ahead of the general election on July 4. Here's the issues on voters’ minds in Ashton
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The Greater Manchester town which booed Rishi Sunak set to ditch the Tories
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Marple voters have turned against the Conservatives
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"A Labour government? We're in for a rocky ride": Voters' views in Heywood & Middleton
Greater Manchester News
The M.E.N. is travelling around Greater Manchester to find out what issues people care about ahead of the general election on July 4
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'It’s just all wishy-washy half-baked promises of things that you know they can’t fix'
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With only one week to spare before the general election, it seems many people in Rochdale have had enough
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'I'd like to see them telling the truth': What the residents of Greater Manchester town think about Starmer and Sunak
Greater Manchester News
Many residents said they were 'tired of politics' with one person adding, "what's the point? Nothing ever changes."
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'We need someone new in to shape it up a bit' - The Lancashire town desperate for change
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“I’ve kind of washed my hands with it and whatever will be will be."
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"There’s so many changes we need it's hard to point out": Eccles residents fed up with lack of change
Greater Manchester News
'An injection of jobs would allow people to have a greater sense of hope and social mobility'
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'We shouldn't have to fight to get the support we need for our kids'
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We spoke to families about who they'll be voting for on July 4
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Weariness beside the Salford waters
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'Public services are failing all around us'
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A fed up woman in a politically unsettled town
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The M.E.N. spoke to people in Bury North about the elections - this is what they had to say
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Starmer is an 'undercover Tory' and Sunak an 'incompetent toffee': Voters don't mince their words in Oldham West
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'We take it for granted in the country'
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'Could Rishi live on £75 a week? I bet he spends that on toilet roll'
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The M.E.N. spoke to people in Wigan about the Prime Minister - this is what they had to say
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One's 'out of touch', the other's a 'wet lettuce'... what the people of Greater Manchester neighbourhood think about Starmer and Sunak
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'Unfortunately... this is what we’ve got'
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'Dismal'... 'a total mess'... 'a load of waffle': A sense of despair in a Greater Manchester town
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'The National Health Service has gone pot'
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"Get a GP appointment? You'd get to Mars sooner": Frustration and apathy in a Stockport suburb
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Transport, taxes, truthfulness - just some of the issues swaying voters in Cheadle
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'It feels like you're fighting a losing battle... nothing ever changes'
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'The lack of punishment in the system... it's too easy now'
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'It's all bit of a shambles': Disillusionment on the streets of Manchester city centre
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The M.E.N. is travelling around Greater Manchester to find out what issues people care about ahead of the general election on July 4
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‘What are we paying taxes for?’ The Greater Manchester towns fed up with potholes, litter and bad parking
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‘We’ve always voted conservative but I have no trust in any of the parties anymore’
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'We need honesty': The affluent South Manchester neighbourhood urging change
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The MEN is travelling around the region to find out which local issues will determine how people will vote in the General Election in July.
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