Denise lives in Crewe and has been on Universal Credit for about 18 months. She said she was "really struggling" to get a job and had found the experience "dire".

She's undecided who to vote for and asked what is being promised by politicians around the benefits system.

• Read more: What is universal credit - and what's the problem?

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"Labour will get rid of it, but they've not been specific about what they would replace it with," the BBC's political correspondent, Chris Mason, said.

The Tories on the other hand will keep up the roll out of Universal Credit, he added.

The Liberal Democrats will also scrap Universal Credit and will offer a "skills wallet" - money which people can use to train or re-train.

Economics editor Faisal Islam said Labour was also offering opportunities for retraining and there was a "smaller offering" from the Conservatives.

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BBC News

Crewe and Nantwich is one of the UK's most marginal constituencies, with Labour taking the seat from the Conservatives in 2017 by just 48 votes.

With days to go until another general election, what issues are firing up voters?

Phil McCann
Cheshire Political Reporter, BBC News

There have been billions and billions of pounds of cuts over the last nine, nearly 10 years now.

Councils have really born the brunt of it and that’s meant things like libraries closing and bus services being cut back.

Here in Cheshire East there are far fewer buses in the evenings and on Sundays.

However Crewe is, economically, a successful place.

There are lots of jobs that are available. More jobs are being created but often they are low paid and insecure, like zero-hour contracts. People are now working but are in in-work poverty.

School funding is also a huge issue here that led to protests in Nantwich at the last election two years ago.

The BBC's Chris Mason, in the audience in Crewe, picks up on two key themes.

On Labour and spending, it's worth saying that think tank the IFS has said both Labour and Conservative spending plans are "not credible".

Here is a look more closely at Labour's economic plans as analysed by the BBC's own Faisal Islam.

The BBC's Jon Pienaar, meanwhile, talks about the question of trust.

A reminder that just 48 votes separate Labour and the Conservatives in the Crewe and Nantwich seat.

Perhaps surprisingly, there were seven other constituencies with a smaller majority in 2017.

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Prof Rosie Campbell, from King's College London, has a look atwhat the impact could be if those without allegiances did nail their colours to a particular party mast.

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Leanne Breakspear, an undecided voter from Sutton Coldfield, tells Conservative candidate Nigel Evans she feels unsafe because of "biker gangs" in her area and notes that the Conservatives have cut police numbers over their time in power.

"During the years of austerity there's no two ways about it that police numbers were reduced," admits Mr Evans.

"But the growth in the economy has meant that now we are able to reinvest yet again in public services."

He says he is "absolutely certain" there will be 20,000 more police officers on the streets by the end of the next Parliament should the Conservatives win the election, but Ms Breakspear points out that they are just planning to replace those that were cut.

Mr Evans says his constituency in Lancashire already has additional police officers, that the Conservatives have "no problem" with stop and search, and will "fast-track anybody who is caught with knives through the judicial system".

Below you can watch the pitch Nigel Evans made to the undecided audience...

With three days to go until polling day, around 20% of voters are yet to make up their minds on who to support.

For Amelia, who is applying to university next year, Labour's promise to scrap tuition fees has caught her attention.

However, she says she doesn't know if she can trust Jeremy Corbyn to deliver on all the promises he has made - a view echoed by a number of audience members.

Rob, one of the undecided voters, wants someone to convince him that "real change" is possible.

He thinks the worst aspects of American politics have made it into this election - "personal slandering" rather than policy.

The BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme is coming live from Crewe this morning with a panel of undecided voters. They're putting forward their views and asking politicians questions on the big issues.

You can watch live on the BBC News Channel and BBC2, and catch up later on the BBC iPlayer.

A Labour MP was late to the start of an election debate on the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme due to a delayed train.

Angela Rayner joined Wera Hobhouse from the Liberal Democrats, Nigel Evans from the Conservatives and Ben Macpherson from the SNP for the debate in Crewe.

Problems with trains in the North have been an important area for debate in Crewe, with many voters telling the BBC of their frustrations at a lack of investment in rail infrastructure outside London and the South East.

About £843 is spent per train passenger each year in London, compared with £240 in north-west England and as little as £130 in parts of Yorkshire and the North East.

HS2 has proved a hot potato for the Conservatives in particular.

It was originally heralded as a way of better connecting England and bringing more businesses and investment out of London to the Midlands and North West, and easing pressure on the current, creaking rail infrastructure.

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However, a couple of months ago it was revealed it was up to five years behind schedule, while costs had spiralled to £81bn-£88bn, compared with £56bn in 2015.

Add to that anger in many constituencies along phase one of the route about house prices and compensation, and concerns about the building stage.

A panel set up to review the project was expected to give clarity, however, the deputy chair Labour peer Lord Berkeley, a vocal critic of HS2, has been similarly vocal in his criticism of the review board and its conclusions.

If it goes ahead, the negative headlines are unlikely to stop here.

Another key issue for voters in the area this election may well be the HS2 high-speed rail project.

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The scheme is due to arrive in Crewe by 2027 and the station will become a hub when the line later extends to Manchester.

The scheduled route runs through 12.8 miles (20.6km) of the constituency.

A draft copy of a review into HS2, revealed last month, suggested it should be built, despite rising costs.

But the government-commissioned review, launched in August, will not be published until after the election.

Cheshire East Council wants to use the scheme to turn Crewe into an engineering and manufacturing centre., external

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BBC News

"There's no way you could do your Christmas shopping here," according to 36-year-old Tilly Hulme, who was out with her partner Sapphire Smith in Crewe last week.

"We just need more shops."

There are plans for improvement: The mid-19th Century market hall is being refurbished, and Cheshire East Council has a £100m masterplan to transform the Royal Arcade area with a new bus interchange, an eight-screen cinema and shops.

As of yet, there's no date for the demolition though.

Friends Maureen Tomkinson and Beryl Davis agree there needs to be more shops, but it's the thought of a new bus station which really excites them.

"It's embarrassing," Beryl says of the existing, but crumbling, bus station. "People coming into Crewe must wonder where on earth they've come to."

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Gemma runs a domestic cleaning company in Crewe and is concerned that an increase in minimum wage will mean she will struggle to employ more people.

She wanted to know what the main political parties are promising when it comes to a national minimum wage.

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All the parties plan to increase minimum wage to £10 an hour according to Faisal Islam, the BBC's economics editor.

The Conservatives say they will phase this in gradually reaching that wage by 2024 for workers over 21, which represents about 4 million people.

Labour will bring the policy in much sooner if elected - aiming to raise the minimum wage by April 2020. They'll also roll it out to all workers, including 16-20-year-olds, which would be about six-and-a-half million workers.

Want to know if the minimum wage is enough to live on? Read this report from the BBC's personal finance reporter.

The demise of Crewe's railway industry has hit people hard. What are their hopes for the future?

Tom Burridge
Transport correspondent, BBC News

Just over 1% of people in northern England get a train on a daily basis - something it's hoped projects such as Northern Powerhouse Rail will change.

The £40bn project, which should begin in five years, will see improvements on railway lines across the north of England from Crewe to Newcastle as well as a faster link between Manchester and Leeds.

In Crewe, where there's uncertainty about whether it will be an important stop on the HS2 route, buses are a more immediate concern for many people.

"No buses means isolation," said Carol Jones, who campaigns for the Crewe Bus Users group.

"It's alright having a car, but there's a lot of people who haven't got that," she said. "They've just got a bus."

All the main parties have promised more money for buses.

Wendy Darlington runs a jam business in Crewe, selling her products around the world.

One of the things she wants most from politicians is "truth and clarity".

"It feels impossible to cut through the claims and counter-claims," she said, adding: "We need to give our customers confidence."

She said her customers in Europe had bulk-bought products before Brexit deadlines that had come and passed and were now telling her they may begin to look elsewhere to avoid confusion and uncertainty.

Sandy Cowen, who runs a paper business not far from Mrs Darlington's jam factory, agreed business owners "need clarity so we can move on".

However, he remains confident saying: "Business will deal with whatever you throw at it," he said.

The NHS is a big issue among voters in this election with politicians of all parties eager to prove they are the ones who should be trusted with its future.

The pressures on the health service are no different in the Crewe and Nantwich constituency where the A&E department is at Leighton Hospital.

The site is run by Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Trust and its chief executive, James Sumner, warned in August it needed more money or it would "not be fit for purpose".

The Local Democracy Reporting Service at the time reported he told his board of directors, "we are vastly increasing our population" and needed to spend more cash to meet demand.

The latest figures available, for October, show 67.2% of A&E patients were seen within four hours at Leighton Hospital, compared with a national target of 95%.

Jayne McCubbin
Reporter, BBC Breakfast

Meeting voters on the streets of Nantwich, one thing that comes up time and again is the feeling services and funding are focused in southern parts of the UK.

One man, John, said while he was not bitter, it amounted to "a wastage of the talent that we have in the North".

Jill has just retired after nearly 50 years working in the NHS.

She said her two daughters lived in London, where one of them had just had a baby at an "amazing" hospital.

"I'm not saying Leighton Hospital [in Cheshire] isn't amazing," she said, "but it needs money putting in it."

Looking south, voters like Susan see London's Crossrail, but looking north, it's the stalled HS2 project.

"Things tend to be very southern centric," she said.