The Guardian is reporting from the constituency of Midlothian to find out what issues people there care about most – and we want your help

The Guardian will be reporting from Midlothian ahead of the general election. This will be part of a series of pieces from across the country focused on finding out what matters most to the people who live there.

If you live in the constituency of Midlothian, can you tell us what will decide your vote? We’d like to understand the big issues facing you and your family and which policies matter to you. How happy are you with the state of housing, work, public transport, local facilities for young people, policing and health services? What local issues should we be looking at?

The Guardian is reporting from the constituency of Hackney North and Stoke Newington to find out what issues people there care about most – and we want your help

The Guardian will be reporting from Hackney North and Stoke Newington – the constituency of Diane Abbott MP – ahead of the general election. This will be part of a series of pieces from across the country focused on finding out what matters most to the people who live there.

Diane Abbott has promised to stay on as MP for as “long as possible” setting up a possible clash with Keir Starmer after a deal for her to retire from parliament broke down.

The Guardian is reporting from the constituency of Cornwall North to find out what issues people there care about most – and we want your help

The Guardian will be reporting from Cornwall North ahead of the general election. This will be part of a series of pieces from across the country focused on finding out what matters most to the people who live there.

If you live in the constituency of Cornwall North, can you tell us what will decide your vote? We’d like to understand the big issues facing you and your family and which policies matter to you. How happy are you with the state of housing, work, community relations, policing and health services? What local issues should we be looking at?

The Guardian is reporting from the constituency of Thurrock to find out what issues people there care about most – and we want your help

The Guardian will be reporting from Thurrock ahead of the general election. This will be part of a series of pieces from across the country focused on finding out what matters most to the people who live there.

If you live in the constituency of Thurrock, can you tell us what will decide your vote? We’d like to understand the big issues facing you and your family and which policies matter to you. How happy are you with the state of housing, work, community relations, policing and health services? What local issues should we be looking at?

The Guardian is reporting from the constituency of Godalming and Ash to find out what issues people there care about most – and we want your help

The Guardian will be reporting from Godalming and Ash ahead of the general election. This will be part of a series of pieces from across the country focused on finding out what matters most to the people who live there.

If you live in the constituency of Godalming and Ash, can you tell us what will decide your vote? We’d like to understand the big issues facing you and your family and which policies matter to you. How happy are you with the state of housing, work, community relations, policing and health services? What local issues should we be looking at?

Following on from our coverage of the financial difficulties faced by musicians and venues in 2024, we’d like to hear about your music spending habits

Following on from our coverage of the financial difficulties faced by musicians and venues in 2024, we want to know about your music spending habits.

What do you spend on music – records, streaming, tickets, merch, anything else – in a typical month? Has that increased or decreased over time? What motivates you to splash out on music?

The Guardian is reporting from the constituency of Bristol Central to find out what issues people there care about most – and we want your help

The Guardian will be reporting from Bristol Central ahead of the general election. This will be part of a series of pieces from across the country focused on finding out what matters most to the people who live there.

If you live in the constituency of Bristol Central, can you tell us what will decide your vote? We’d like to understand the big issues facing you and your family and which policies matter to you. How happy are you with the state of housing, work, community relations, policing and health services? What local issues should we be looking at?

The Guardian is reporting from the constituency of Scarborough and Whitby to find out what issues people there care about most – and we want your help

The Guardian will be reporting from Scarborough and Whitby ahead of the general election. This will be part of a series of pieces from across the country focused on finding out what matters most to the people who live there.

If you live in the constituency of Scarborough and Whitby, can you tell us what will decide your vote? We’d like to understand the big issues facing you and your family and which policies matter to you. How happy are you with the state of housing, work, community relations, policing and health services? What local issues should we be looking at?

We’re keen to hear how people feel about Labour’s plan to impose 20% VAT on private school fees, and how this might affect them

We’d like to hear from parents in the UK how they feel about Keir Starmer’s pledge to add 20% VAT on to private school fees if Labour wins the next election.

Labour has clarified it hopes to raise about £1.5bn to increase funding for state education through tax changes such as adding VAT to private school fees, without stripping them of charitable status as Keir Starmer and other shadow ministers had previously suggested.

The Guardian is reporting from the constituency of Burnley to find out what issues people there care about most – and we want your help

The Guardian will be reporting from Burnley ahead of the general election. This will be part of a series of pieces from across the country focused on finding out what matters most to the people who live there.

In 2019, the Lancashire town elected its first Conservative MP in more than a century. If you live in the constituency of Burnley, can you tell us what will decide your vote? We’d like to understand the big issues facing you and your family and which policies matter to you. How happy are you with the state of housing, work, community relations, policing and health services? What local issues should we be looking at?

The Guardian is reporting from the constituency of Hitchin to find out what issues people there care about most – and we want your help

The Guardian will be reporting from the new constituency of Hitchin ahead of the general election. This will be part of a series of pieces from across the country focused on finding out what matters most to the people who live there.

If you live in the constituency of Hitchin, can you tell us what will decide your vote? We’d like to understand the big issues facing you and your family and which policies matter to you. How happy are you with the state of housing, work, community relations, policing and health services? What local issues should we be looking at?

We would like to hear from people who have taken classes to prepare themselves for pregnancy and parenthood

We’re keen to hear from people who’ve participated in private antenatal classes across the UK in order to prepare themselves for pregnancy and parenthood.

What sort of information were you taught by your course leaders about pregnancy, childbirth, and caring for a baby? Did you find the information to be useful and evidence-based? Or were there statements or comments that gave you pause for thought?

The Guardian is reporting from the constituency of Waveney Valley to find out what issues people there care about most – and we want your help

The Guardian will be reporting from Waveney Valley – a new, predominately rural constituency which crosses the border between Norfolk and Suffolk – ahead of the general election. This will be part of a series of pieces from across the country focused on finding out what matters most to the people who live there.

The area has traditionally voted Conservative, but this could change amid concerns around sewage and pollution, as well as issues affecting farmers and growers.

We’d like to hear from people under 30 in the UK about the things that will matter to them most when they go to the polls this July

We’re interested to hear from young people in the UK what matters to them the most when they think about voting in the 2024 general election.

If you are under 30 and live in the UK, tell us which issues are most important to you regarding the election, and whether you’re planning to vote on 4 July.

The Guardian is reporting from the constituency of Birmingham Ladywood to find out what issues people there care about most – and we want your help

The Guardian will be reporting from Birmingham Ladywood – considered one of the safest Labour seats in the country – ahead of the general election. This will be part of a series of pieces from across the country focused on finding out what matters most to the people who live there.

If you live in Birmingham Ladywood, can you tell us what will decide your vote? We’d like to understand the big issues facing you and your family and which policies matter to you. How happy are you with the state of housing, work, community relations, policing and health services? What local issues should we be looking at?

The Guardian is reporting from the constituency of Chingford and Woodford Green to find out what issues people there care about most – and we want your help

The Guardian will be reporting from Chingford and Woodford Green – where Labour’s Faiza Shaheen hopes to unseat Iain Duncan Smith – ahead of the general election. This will be part of a series of pieces from across the country focused on finding out what matters most to the people who live there.

If you live in Chingford and Woodford Green, can you tell us what will decide your vote? We’d like to understand the big issues facing you and your family and which policies matter to you. How happy are you with the state of housing, work, community relations, policing and health services? What local issues should we be looking at?

We want to hear from UK voters across the political spectrum about the issues and factors that will influence their vote

After prime minister Rishi Sunak announced that a general election will be held on 4 July, we want to hear from UK voters about what will decide their vote.

Will you vote in the general election, and do you know who you will vote for?

We’d like to hear about the different types of media and social platforms you use to consume news about the 2024 UK general election

Our news consumption in the contemporary media environment is increasingly characterised by an ever-growing reliance on an array of multi-media platforms.

Social media apps such as Facebook, Instagram and TikTok have been for some time important sites from which people get their news. Further, private groups within such platforms are often a key point of news consumption for many individuals.

How long are you going over for? Will you be working ‘from home’? Where are you staying and how much is it all going to cost?

Euro 2024 is now just under a month away from kicking off, with thousands of football fans set to descend on Germany for the tournament.

The hosts are known for strong beers – England and Scotland fans have already been advised to know their limits – and some supporters are planning to rent an Airbnb while continuing to work remotely during days between matches.

Do you rent out holiday lets? How many bookings have you had for this year? How does it compare to previous years?

With summer just around the corner, many families will have already booked holidays, with plenty opting to stay in the UK.

Although visitor numbers to the UK’s top tourist attractions are increasing, they continue to remain stubbornly below pre-pandemic levels.

We would like to hear from patients about their experiences of paying for maternity care

Maternity services are in the forefront of the news, after MPs found
women in labour have been mocked, ignored, fobbed off with paracetamol
and left with permanent damage by midwives and doctors. The UK’s first
inquiry into birth trauma found poor childbirth care is so common, and
its consequences so damaging, that ministers and NHS bosses need to
push through significant changes.

One area that is harder to examine is the private birth sector so we
want to hear from patients about their experiences and also whether
concern about NHS care is prompting more women to pay for care. Have
you had a private birth or are you considering one? Please tell us
why. What was your care like?

We would like to hear from Taylor Swift fans about their preparations for the Eras tour

We would like to hear from Taylor Swift fans about their preparations for the UK Eras tour. How far will you be travelling? Will you be wearing or making anything special for the occasion? How much will you be spending? Tell us all about it below.

We’ve been working with community reporting teams to tell the story of modern Britain. With a momentous election on the horizon, do you have a story to tell about your local area?

As the UK faces a momentous general election, which polls suggest could see the end of 14 years of Conservative party rule, the video team wants to hear from people who have a story to tell about their community.

As video producers, we have spent the past four years working with community-based reporters across the UK to highlight the reality of what is happening in their areas, unearthing unique perspectives from people who are often overlooked in the story of modern Britain.

We’re keen to hear from employers in Britain which job openings they have been having trouble to recruit for, and why

Employers in the UK have cut back on hiring new staff, pushing the number of advertised vacancies down on the quarter by 43,000 to 908,000, while the unemployment rate rose unexpectedly to 3.9% in January from 3.8% in December, according to the Office for National Statistics.

We’re interested to hear from UK employers whether there have been vacancies in their companies they have been struggling to hire qualified staff for, and why they think that has been the case.

We’re interested to hear from people under 45 in the UK who have moved to a smaller community with a lower cost of living, and how they’ve been finding it

We’re keen to hear from people under the age of 45 who have in recent years relocated to a smaller, more affordable community in the UK – whether that’s a small city, town or village.

We’d like to know why people have made such a move, how their new life has been working out, and what the positives and the negatives of living in these communities may be.

We’d like to hear from people who have been purchasing luxury goods and experiences in recent years, and how they feel about their spending habits

We’re interested to hear about people’s spending habits in the area of upmarket or luxury goods, services and experiences, and whether they are generally happy with their spending on non-essentials.

We’d like to know whether you have spent money on expensive non-essential items such as designer clothing, high end housewares, luxury holidays, expensive beauty or wellness treatments, or exclusive dining, for instance, in the past year, and if so, whether you have struggled to afford this.

We would like to hear from home owners who purchased their property with one or more friends in the UK

While house prices have steadied in the first part of 2024, home ownership remains out of reach for many as the average cost of renting continues to increase. This has prompted some to find different ways to get onto the housing ladder.

We would like to hear from home owners who bought their house with one or more friends. Why did you choose to pool your resources? What are the pros and cons of sharing your property with someone who is not a significant other? Tell us all about it below.

We would like to hear from Chelsea Women fans about how they feel about the Emma Hayes era coming to an end

After 11 years as Chelsea manager, Emma Hayes is to step down at the end of the season.

We would like to hear from Chelsea Women fans about how they feel about Emma Hayes’ tenure coming to an end. What did her time with the club mean to you?

We’d like to hear from carers in the UK who have been investigated for alleged benefit fraud by the DWP

Tens of thousands of unpaid carers looking after disabled, frail or ill relatives are being forced to repay huge sums to the government and threatened with criminal prosecution after unwittingly breaching earnings rules by just a few pounds a week.

People who claim the £81.90-a-week carer’s allowance for looking after loved ones while working part-time are being forced by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to pay back money that has been erroneously overpaid to them, in some cases running to more than £20,000, or risk going to prison.

From birdwatching to gardening, we would like to hear from people who have a renewed interest in nature,

Have you recently become intrigued by nature? We would like to hear from people who have recently become more engaged with the natural world, from birdwatching to gardening. Whether it was because of an amazing documentary or a new bird-identifying app, tell us what piqued your interest below.

We would like to hear from people who have seen a portrait of the king in a public building and how they feel about it

Oliver Dowden, the deputy prime minister, is offering portraits of the king to all Church of England churches, as well as job centres, coastguards, universities and other public institutions, having previously offered them to local authorities, court buildings, schools, police forces and fire and rescue services.

Do you have a portrait of the king in your workplace and how do you feel about it? Or have you seen a portrait of the king in a public building and how do you feel about it?