00:00 Well, he's certainly going to have to put something into high streets, definitely, because
00:07 high streets are definitely suffering. And obviously he needs to help people more with
00:14 the cost of living crisis. I think it's the only way round that they can do it.
00:19 I don't even know what's going on in the world at the minute. I really don't know what they're
00:22 planning to do on the budget. I mean, my big thing is like kids trying to get on the house
00:28 market and getting mortgages. I wish something could happen with the Bank of England rates
00:34 sort of go down a bit. Something would help the kids try and get houses, because the house
00:39 prices and the mortgage rate is just crazy. It's just frightening.
00:43 It's hard to know. There's so much wrong with our country, you know, and if Labour come
00:49 in, I don't think it'll be any better. I don't know what the answer is, but stop taxing people
00:55 so heavily. That would help.
00:58 One of my biggest concerns is with local authority funding. Leeds Council in particular, their
01:03 budget has been cut by... basically, Leeds Council have got no money to spend on local
01:10 services, things like that. And the council has said they're going to have to put council
01:14 tax up as a result of that. I would absolutely want to see more funding available for local
01:19 government.
01:20 I think more support getting onto the property ladder, possibly more support with careers
01:25 as well, and especially more support in education and stopping... you know, it's very much set
01:30 in a way that people have to kind of decide their careers quite early on. And then that
01:35 expectation from the previous generation that, you know, you can't pop around jobs too much.
01:41 And you know, financially, it leaves a lot of people kind of in difficult positions.
01:45 The problem is, since COVID, every country has faced a problem. Are you getting my point
01:49 now? And then they need to take care of their people. But what they should do, what is causing
01:54 problems is that two thirds of people's salary are going on mortgage, two thirds of people's
01:59 salary are going on rent. So they should do rent cap, mortgage cap.
02:06 Possibly more police on the streets, where we will feel safer. I think there's a lack
02:14 of bobbies on the beat where they're actually walking, not driving around in cars. And I
02:21 would love to see some of our energy bills be cut. Cost of living, people are really
02:28 struggling these days. Put that money into the NHS, put more money
02:34 into youth programmes, support youth activities instead of bundling into random acts of kindness.
02:42 I feel like if younger people had more like say and acknowledgement from the government.
02:48 Just making sure that we are safe here. So for that, I can say I would dedicate that
02:54 day to her. With the Tories, they promise so much and
02:59 as usual, not only don't deliver, but often do the opposite.
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