'It's all bit of a shambles': Disillusionment on the streets of Manchester city centre
manchestereveningnews.co.ukIt's impossible to walk down Market Street in Manchester without running into at least a couple of charity workers. Spread across on of the busiest thoroughfares in the city centre, they interact with hundreds of Mancunians every day.
As the Manchester Evening News asked about their feelings ahead of the upcoming general election, the overall consensus was one of disillusionment and distaste for party politics. "I'm not really not political," said one person, holding a leaflet asking for donations for children. "I don't really get involved." There was one main concern at the forefront of shoppers' minds - the cost-of-living crisis. READ MORE: The affluent South Manchester neighbourhood urging change "I have four children...
I know [what it's like] to struggle, to feed the children," Amy, 32, said. "The struggle is real, it is hard... life is hard. "[Rishi Sunak] needs to spend maybe one month on Universal Credit Allowance and then he will see how people are struggling.
Maybe it'll be good to document that, I would watch that as a programme if it came on." "Before the Conservatives, it was a lot easier to find jobs," Faisal, 35, says.
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