Election tram talk: Midlands Metro passengers on homelessness and shops

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Homelessness, empty shops, vandalism and potholes came up in local election conversations when BBC News travelled on the Midlands Metro tram system.

BBC Radio WM's political reporter Kathryn Stanczyszyn travelled along the route from Wolverhampton to Birmingham, via West Bromwich, asking passengers for their thoughts ahead of the local elections on 7 May.

In the final of three films in the lead-up to polling day, tram passengers in Wolverhampton had plenty of opinions.