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49%
Only 49% of people in England said they had enough information on candidates to make an informed choice in May 2025 polling.
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34%
Turnout in the May 2025 local elections in England stood at 34%.
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7.7x
In 2024, the median home in England cost 7.7 times the median annual earnings of a full-time employee.
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£15k
Resolution Foundation framed British workers as living through a two-decade wage stagnation costing around £15,000.
Receipt 01
49%
Claim
The democratic gap is not only turnout. It is information quality, local media weakness, and whether voters can see who is asking for power.
Source
Electoral Commission
Checked
19 April 2026
Confidence
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Receipt 02
34%
Claim
Low turnout is not a reason to sneer at voters. It is a product-design failure in democracy: unclear stakes, low trust, and weak local information.
Source
Electoral Commission
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19 April 2026
Confidence
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Receipt 03
7.7x
Claim
Housing scarcity is not abstract ideology. It is the everyday price of a country that lets veto power outrank future households.
Source
Office for National Statistics
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19 April 2026
Confidence
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Receipt 04
£15k
Claim
The pro-growth argument needs to connect national stagnation to personal lost capacity, not just GDP abstractions.
Source
Resolution Foundation
Checked
19 April 2026
Confidence
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