‘Five-minute journeys can take half an hour’: Residents speak out ahead of election

The shopping outlet, alongside Bolton Wanderers Toughsheet Stadium, is in the heart of the Bolton West constituency with incumbent MP Chris Green winning by a margin of 8,855 at the last General Election in 2019.

That makes it the most comfortable Conservative majority of the seven parliamentary seats they hold in Greater Manchester.

The Labour hopeful for the seat is Phil Brickell while candidates will also stand for the Liberal…