Voters outline key issues and messages to candidates

Ballot boxes will be sent out in five weeks' time allowing people to cast their vote

Politicians need to listen to those who vote for them, and those that don't, in order to earn back trust from the public.

They're the views of some of the people in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, who spoke to the BBC about the General Election.

Many that spoke to our reporter say they have made up their minds already and are beyond the reach of campaigning efforts.

However, others have said they are continuing to scrutinise the views of candidates on local, national and even international issues.

Michelle Docwra, 62, says she has made up her mind about the way she will vote in the election

Michelle Docwra, 62, lived all her life in Great Yarmouth until she moved to Norwich just over a year ago.

She said: "I want more from the National Health Service; I want waiting times cut down because I've been waiting for four years for an operation now, so that's very important to me."

Bo Adekunle, 28, says he wants to know how candidates think about national and international issues

Bo Adekunle, 28, moved to Great Yarmouth from Hertfordshire a few months ago.

"I'm looking at how they view things like the Middle East, views on Palestine and Iran," he said.

"What they're going to be doing about the cost of living crisis, whether people are morally correct and whether that's even possible in politics.

"Whether people do what they say they're going to do, that's probably the main thing for me.

"I understand they all have their own agendas and want to win and they do or say anything that they need to say to win. It's difficult."

Sean Williams, 54, says he has made his mind up about how he will vote and no amount of campaigning will sway him.

"I have made my mind up. It's [the] NHS, economy and just the way things are," said Sean Williams, 54, from Acle.

"I don't think we have benefited over the past few years and we need to move forward.

He said he understood why some people might not vote, but he said everyone should.

"I can see how a lot of people have voted and feel that it hasn't made a lot of difference.

"[MPs need] to listen; to take notice; to try to follow what the people want; to listen to those who voted for [them] but also those that didn't."

Kimberlee King, Nicola Adams and Victoria Warnes

Victoria Warnes, 56, from Gorleston, said: "Whoever is going to charge me the least in taxes - that's all I care about.

"[But] I don't trust any of them if I'm honest.

"I think Labour should have been saying years ago what they were going to do but, I don't trust any of them.

"They say they're going to do thing sand they don't do it, so there's no point in them saying anything because they're not to be trusted."

Nicola Adams, 64, from Bradwell, said: "Immigration, maybe the NHS; that worries me a little bit [and] what's happening with the hospitals.

"I'm worried about all of them [political parties]. I don't think there's one of them [where] I think 'yes'"

She said she had been taken by surprise by the election being called with such a short campaign period.

But she admitted: "We've all known it's coming so we all should be prepared, but none of us are because nobody has given us anything where we can believe in what [they] are saying.

"We were talking about national service. Do we think it's a good thing? We do think it's probably a good thing, but how is it going to work?"

Kimberlee King, 65, from Great Yarmouth, said immigration was also her key issue, as well as the NHS.

She also said: "I wouldn't want to get ill. I know the way I'm going [to vote]."