Majority of Sky News YouGov voters panel still undecided on who to vote for just days before general election
A majority of people on the Sky News YouGov voters panel say they are still undecided who to vote for.
As the politicians make the last push for support, many on our panel say they are uninspired by all the main parties.
Of the 51 people who responded, 32 are still struggling with their choice.
One voter said: “I seem to change my mind almost from day to day.”
Another echoed this: “So many people are in the same boat. They don’t know who to vote for, or who will do a good job.”
The undecided voters could make a big difference come 4 July.
Among our panel, almost two-thirds of those who are undecided, live in constituencies which could flip at the election.
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Our panel, managed by pollster YouGov, represent different areas and a range of political views.
They all voted in 2019 and intend to vote this time too.
We asked our wavering voters why they can’t decide.
“I think there is a large disillusionment with politics in this country now,” one person told us.
Another said: “I see it more as a choice to pick who to not vote for rather than who to vote for.”
While some believe the result is a foregone conclusion: “I almost feel like, is there a point in me actually coming out to vote? Because Labour are going to win. The gap is just so big.”
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We dug deeper and asked our voters panel what would help sway their votes.
“Politicians now are just so out of touch with common people,” one person said.
“They’re not understanding how the cost of living affects people who are on minimum wage and how not being able to access an NHS doctor or an NHS dentist affects them.”
Several others mentioned the shortage of NHS dentists, and a lack of policy detail came up frequently.
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“I want to know how they’re going to look after people that rent properties… The wage increases, minimum wage, my wife’s on a minimum wage so we need to be better off financially,” one voter told us.
And there are also voters so disillusioned they cannot find any political home.
“Most of the people in my area… are of the opinion that they ain’t gonna bother voting because nobody cares about them anyway.”
And another told us “at the moment I’m going to be a last-minute decider”, undecided until the very end.
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Wes Streeting ‘crossed the line’ by opposing assisted dying in public, says Labour peer Harriet Harman
Wes Streeting “crossed the line” by opposing assisted dying in public and the argument shouldn’t “come down to resources”, a Labour peer has said.
Speaking on Sky News’ Electoral Dysfunction podcast, Baroness Harriet Harman criticised the health secretary for revealing how he is going to vote on the matter when it comes before parliament later this month.
MPs are being given a free vote, meaning they can side with their conscience and not party lines, so the government is supposed to be staying neutral.
But Mr Streeting has made clear he will vote against legalising assisted dying, citing concerns end-of-life care is not good enough for people to make an informed choice, and that some could feel pressured into the decision to save the NHS money.
He has also ordered a review into the potential costs of changing the law, warning it could come at the expense of other NHS services if implemented.
Baroness Harman said Mr Streeting has “crossed the line in two ways”.
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“He should not have said how he was going to vote, because that breaches neutrality and sends a signal,” she said.
“And secondly… he’s said the problem is that it will cost money to bring in an assisted dying measure, and therefore he will have to cut other services.
“But paradoxically, he also said it would be a slippery slope because people will be forced to bring about their own death in order to save the NHS money. Well, it can’t be doing both things.
“It can’t be both costing the NHS money and saving the NHS money.”
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Review into assisted dying costs
Baroness Harman said the argument “should not come down to resources” as it is a “huge moral issue” affecting “only a tiny number of people”.
She added that people should not mistake Mr Streeting for being “a kind of proxy for Keir Starmer”.
“The government is genuinely neutral and all of those backbenchers, they can vote whichever way they want,” she added.
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Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has previously expressed support for assisted dying, but it is not clear how he intends to vote on the issue or if he will make his decision public ahead of time.
The cabinet has varying views on the topic, with the likes of Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood siding with Mr Streeting in her opposition but Energy Secretary Ed Miliband being for it.
Energy Security and Net Zero Secretary Ed Miliband is said to support the bill. Pic: Reuters
Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood has concerns. Pic: Reuters
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The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill is being championed by Labour backbencher Kim Leadbeater, who wants to give people with six months left to live the choice to end their lives.
Under her proposals, two independent doctors must confirm a patient is eligible for assisted dying and a High Court judge must give their approval.
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Labour MP Kim Leadbeater discusses End of Life Bill
The bill will also include punishments of up to 14 years in prison for those who break the law, including coercing someone into ending their own life.
MPs will debate and vote on the legislation on 29 November, in what will be the first Commons vote on assisted dying since 2015, when the proposal was defeated.
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