‘Voting is not on their radar’: lowest turnout predicted in poorest areas

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‘Voting is not on their radar’: lowest turnout predicted in poorest areas

Only about a third of voters are expected to vote in Thursday’s polls but that could fall to as low as 13% in some placesUK politics – latest updatesFrom a shopfront in Tilbury, Essex, community worker Yewande Kannike is wrestling with a paradox at the heart of this week’s English local elections: the most deprived people who could most benefit from political reform are least likely to vote.Across England only about a third of voters are expecte…