The ECHO spoke to young voters in Merseyside about what they want from the next government
Under the leadership of David Cameron, the party came to power as part of the coalition government with the Liberal Democrats in 2010. Mr Cameron was succeeded by four Prime Ministers - Theresa May, Boris Johnson, Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak - in what has been a tumultuous period in power.
Ansil Kharel is the owner of Momos - a Nepalese street food venue on Lime Street in Liverpool city centre. The 21-year-old from Waterloo will be voting in a general election for the first time and has not yet decided whether his vote will go to Labour or the Green Party. "The NHS is absolutely incredible, they’re so underfunded. We pay so much tax so we want it to make a difference - the NHS is still underfunded even though we’re paying so much tax."
Maisie McDonough, 25, from Aigburth, is a healthcare assistant in the health service and she has seen first hand how the service has struggled under Tory austerity. Maisie is encouraged by Labour's missions but would like to see the party be bolder. She explained: "It is easy to just come up with these five missions and say what we all want to hear.
He said: "I'm working class and we've voted Labour all our lives. Starmer feels like another Tony Blair in a way. "I'm very stuck. I want to vote, because I want them to vote. If I was to vote for anyone, it would be for the Green Party. But unfortunately it's a bit of an empty vote. It'll get to the day and I probably vote Labour. But it's not exciting."
"Inflation has gone so high, tax has gone high. It needs to balance out. We’ve been open for two years and the bills have gone up quite a bit, it makes it so difficult for small businesses.
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