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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
National
Joel Shooter

Share what issues matter most to you in the local elections

With the polls opening today for local elections across Greater Manchester and the rest of the country, we want to hear from you about what the most pressing issues are.

Seats will be up for grabs across all Manchester boroughs, with a variety of issues having an influence on what box people will be filling out in the polling booth.

Polling stations are set to open at 7am today and close at 10pm, with results expected to come in from around midnight.

Let us know in the comments section.

In our survey over April, those we asked were generally quite split over the issues that mattered most to them.

30 per cent said it was mostly about policies, 36 per cent said it was more about the policies of the parties and candidates standing, while 26 per cent said it was about how the government is running the country.

One of the main issues raised in the survey was council tax, with half of the people we asked saying that the size of their bill was a key issue to them. 75 per cent also said they were concerned about land being built on a green belt area near them.

What issues matter most to you in the local elections? Let us know in the comments section.

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