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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
National
Nick Jackson

The Greater Manchester streets where life is 'hand to mouth' - but few believe voting will change a thing

It's not exactly like looking for a needle in a haystack, but finding someone who actually voted in the May 5 local elections in one Salford ward is not a million miles away. In Little Hulton, only 18.1 percent of people eligible to vote bothered to put their cross next to their favoured candidate.

To be clear, that's less than one-fifth of the electorate. So it begs the question why? On a visit to Little Hulton District Centre, just off the A6 on the road north out of Salford, is informative, members of the community describe their efforts to fight apathy.

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