I visited Stourbridge to talk to voters ahead of the General Election and this is what they had to say
With just over two weeks until the country goes to the polls we went out onto the streets of Stourbridge to find out who the public were intending to vote for, what are the issues they care about and indeed if they were interested in the general election itself.
Views were fairly mixed, from individuals being undecided who to vote for to people more concerned with issues which affect their area directly.
Ann and David Richards run a childcare business in the area and have done for 27 years and are finding the current economic climate tough.
They are passionate about local issues and are part of a litter picking group in the community. At the moment they are not intending to vote.
Ann said: "We are doing ok but it is hard going, we kept open through Covid when others had to shut and but since then it has been tough and we are having to work harder than ever.
"We have always voted Conservative but they have done nothing over the last few years to convince us to vote for them and from what we have heard Labour won't either.
We are very interested in politics at a national level but will only vote if we feel one part is going to make a difference and at the moment it doesn't look like we will be voting.
"We have some great councillors in the Amblecote area and they are Conservative but at a national level we can't see how we can realistically vote for the current PM."
Sonia Allen is undecided who to vote for but her husband, who wasn't with her, will be voting Labour.
She said: "Myself, I have listened to the campaigns so far, not so much the manifestos but the debates and interviews with the candidates and I am undecided who I will vote for but I don't think it will be Labour .
"Keir Starmer hasn't come up with enough to convince me yet, he doesn't seem to have the personality of a leader though my husband will be voting for him.
"The issues for me are worries about the future of our son and daughter and will they be able to afford their own home in the near future which at the moment doesn't seem likely. We are doing ok relatively speaking but I do wonder for the generation coming through."
Holly Filby, aged 25, was enjoying a coffee with friend Dan Kearns at a coffee shop in the town centre and had the same concerns.
She said: "We need a party that helps the working class and also helps to empower young people. I am still living with my parents and earning around £300 a week which certainly isn't enough to afford to move out with rents sky high as well.
"There doesn't seem to be an answer for that at the moment and I'm not sure many people of my age will ever be able to afford a mortgage let alone rent on a flat. I think we are slightly forgotten when it comes to votes, this will be the second general election I have been able to vote in and at the moment I can't decide who to back."
Dan, aged 31, said he knew who he would be voting for without giving it away but it wouldn't be the Conservatives, feeling 'enough was enough ' after 14 years of government under them.
He said: "I live in a small flat and I am part self employed though I work at a pub in the town as well so I am doing relatively ok but I don't think the Conservatives have done enough for my generation generally to get me to support them.
"I have decided who I am voting for but I am keeping it quiet but whoever gets in they have a big job on addressing the economy and the future for young people."