Voters in Bournemouth East discuss homelessness and their lack of trust in politicians.
Ahead of the upcoming general election on 4 July, BBC South is taking its red sofa out and about to key constituencies across the region to hear what matters most to voters.
"What's going to get my vote is, what are you doing about homelessness? What are you doing about building houses for families, communities?"Tony Spotswood, former chief executive of Royal Bournemouth Hospital, said: "I think the big issues are around, firstly, cost of living and affordability for young people, for families and older people.
"I could work with support agencies here, make sure a Labour government invests in the support agencies here, and make sure that nobody has to sleep rough”. On the issue of trust in politics he said: "I think part of this comes about as a result of our election system. "The immigration centres, the asylum centres - a lot of places have taken over hotel accommodation or accommodation that could be used for temporary accommodation for people who are homeless.On trust in politics, he said: "Westminster politicians, none of them are leaders - they take their direction from supranational organisations like the World Economic Forum, big banks and corporations.
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