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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.

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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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Unite votes to suspend Angela Rayner over Birmingham bin strike

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Unite votes to suspend Angela Rayner over Birmingham bin strike

Labour’s largest union donor, Unite, has voted to suspend Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner over her role in the Birmingham bin strike row.

Members of the trade union, one of the UK’s largest, also “overwhelmingly” voted to “re-examine its relationship” with Labour over the issue.

They said Ms Rayner, who is also housing, communities and local government secretary, Birmingham Council’s leader, John Cotton, and other Labour councillors had been suspended for “bringing the union into disrepute”.

There was confusion over Ms Rayner’s membership of Unite, with her office having said she was no longer a member and resigned months ago and therefore could not be suspended.

But Unite said she was registered as a member. Parliament’s latest register of interests had her down as a member in May.

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The union said an emergency motion was put to members at its policy conference in Brighton on Friday.

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Unite is one of the Labour Party’s largest union donors, donating £414,610 in the first quarter of 2025 – the highest amount in that period by a union, company or individual.

The union condemned Birmingham’s Labour council and the government for “attacking the bin workers”.

Mountains of rubbish have been piling up in the city since January after workers first went on strike over changes to their pay, with all-out strike action starting in March. An agreement has still not been made.

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Ms Rayner and the councillors had their membership suspended for “effectively firing and rehiring the workers, who are striking over pay cuts of up to £8,000”, the union added.

‘Missing in action’

General secretary Sharon Graham told Sky News on Saturday morning: “Angela Rayner, who has the power to solve this dispute, has been missing in action, has not been involved, is refusing to come to the table.”

She had earlier said: “Unite is crystal clear, it will call out bad employers regardless of the colour of their rosette.

“Angela Rayner has had every opportunity to intervene and resolve this dispute but has instead backed a rogue council that has peddled lies and smeared its workers fighting huge pay cuts.

“The disgraceful actions of the government and a so-called Labour council, is essentially fire and rehire and makes a joke of the Employment Relations Act promises.

“People up and down the country are asking whose side is the Labour government on and coming up with the answer not workers.”

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Piles of rubbish built up around Birmingham because of the strike over pay

Sir Keir Starmer’s spokesman said the government’s “priority is and always has been the residents of Birmingham”.

He said the decision by Unite workers to go on strike had “caused disruption” to the city.

“We’ve worked to clean up streets and remain in close contact with the council […] as we support its recovery,” he added.

A total of 800 Unite delegates voted on the motion.

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Binance co-founder CZ has dismissed a Bloomberg report linking him to the Trump-backed USD1 stablecoin, threatening legal action over alleged defamation.

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