'I feel politically lost': The community learning to fend for itself

Brexit will inevitably dominate many of the headlines during this election, but there are genuine, pressing concerns that affect ordinary people every day.

Sky's people & politics correspondent Nick Martin is spending the campaign travelling the length and breadth of the country to find out what really matters to voters.

Perched on a hill overlooking Truro is the hamlet of St Clement.

On the face of it, the white pebble-dash homes built in the 1960s for tin miners and their families are nothing out of the ordinary.

But anyone who spends time in the community here will realise that it is a thriving place to be.

Neighbours know each other. They socialise. In the summer the kids play on the grass while parents sit around a barbecue of sizzling sausages with the backdrop of a setting sun.

They talk about their lives, they help each other.

It has not always been like this, says local photographer Ben Tyler, who along with his wife Leigh-Ann and seven-year-old daughter Sophie, live on St Clement's Close.

They are trying to help revive a sense of community here once again.

"I think this area, like so many other areas, has suffered from a lack of community over the years," says Ben, who was born in the UK but spent his childhood in South Africa, where he met Leigh-Ann before deciding to move back to the UK.

"People have busy lives, they work irregular hours and it is very easy to slip into the habit of not getting to know those around you."

He is not sure how he will vote on 12 December.

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"I feel politically lost at the moment. There's no clear choice," he says.

We have come to Truro to mark the beginning of a 1,000-mile journey across Britain talking to people about what they want to see from a new government.

In five weeks' time Britain will go to the polls in one of the most divisive but critical elections in a generation.

Brexit will dictate much of the conversation. But people will vote for a party they think will give them a better life.

According to a Paste BN poll by YouGov, people's top priorities are money, health and retirement. And that's the case on St Clement's Close.

Michelle Chase works as a teaching assistant in the local school. The mother-of-three says she struggles to juggle work and family.

Michelle said: "I feel guilty because I've worked all week and then there's no time to spend with the kids."

Both Labour and the Conservatives have pledged to help working families but the exact policy details leading into this general election are yet to be revealed.

The Conservatives say one of their priorities is the NHS.

Alan and Carol McKean live two doors down from Michelle. Carol suffered a brain injury in a car accident 20 years ago which has worsened over time. Doctors have told her there's nothing they can do.

Alan is her full-time carer and says the local services Carol used to access have been cut and are no longer available.

"I feel like I've been left here to die. They've made so many cuts here and there that the services I used to rely on don't exist any more," says Carol.

Alan agrees: "They're killing the NHS. They are expecting me to do more and more and I'm not sure how long I'll be fit enough to cope.

"At the moment I have to do everything for Carol. What happens when I'm no longer capable? I'm not getting any younger.

"I'm not sure who will provide the answers after this election but they need to start caring for people more instead of penny pinching. That's what I think."

Next Stop: Nick continues his journey north heading to the Somerset coastal resort of Weston-Super-Mare, where a homeless problem is exposing some deep rooted issues around housing, welfare and employment.

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