Ahead of the Tory hustings, we asked people on the streets of Birmingham how the cost of living crisis is hitting - and what the next Prime Minister should do about it.
Maxie George, 47, a market trader at Harris eggs and cheese from Birmingham, said: “It affects us here because people are short of money. People aren’t coming into the city centre.
“It’s down to the cost of getting here and parking, and where people were buying certain quantities that’s now reducing. They’re now buying what they can get away with rather than a little bit extra.
