First-time voters highlight cost of living and NHS

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The BBC speaks to 18-year-olds from Coventry ahead of the general election.

Many young people will be going to the polls for the first time on 4 July and we asked four of them about the issues that mattered most to them.

This time the Electoral Commission said it did not yet have data on how many first-time voters had registered ahead of polling day. Winner Ekwunife said the issues that mattered most to her during the election campaign were "accommodation and economy". Asked which issues mattered most to him during the campaign, Jay Thomas said he wanted to see the NHS "getting a bit of love".Mr Thomas would also like to see "rising costs coming down"."It doesn't seem a lot, but when you total it up, it really is."Saida Mawala highlighted the NHS, as well as the cost of university fees and accommodation.

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