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Watch a special edition of the Politics Hub With Sophy Ridge live from Grimsby, with Sophy exploring the issue of trust in politicians with a studio audience.

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How much do the public trust politicians?

Tonight's show is about how much trust the public places in politicians.

Sky News has exclusive polling from YouGov showing trust in politicians has been plummeting.

The public were asked how much they trust politicians to place the needs of the nation above those of their political party, and how much they feel they care about people like them.

The poll also asked people how they feel politicians care about their part of the country and whether they agreed that politicians would rather fight each other than further the public interest.

There's been a stark loss of trust in politicians - can voters be won back round?

Hello and welcome to a special edition of the Politics Hub from Grimsby Central Hall.

Tonight - we are live in the constituency of Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes for a Target Towns special.

And we're here to talk about trust.

We've got exclusive polling by YouGov for Sky News which shows that across the country faith in politicians - and how connected we feel to the people we elect to serve us in Westminster - has been plummeting.

What's startling is that this loss of trust is stark - and it's happened since the last general election in 2019.

That's when places like Grimsby - which had been solidly Labour for decades - switched to the Conservatives.

At the next general election Labour wants this seat back, and Sir Keir Starmer hasn't been shy about it.

What we've found is that it's people who live in places like Grimsby and Cleethorpes - the places that will help decide the election - who've lost the most trust in politics since 2019. 

At some point this year, when Rishi Sunak is expected to call an election, they'll be asked to go out and cast their vote at polling stations like this one.

So tonight, we've brought together people who've told us they're fed up with politicians, people who say they may not bother to vote.

And we're joined by the current Conservative MP and the former Labour MP here who wants the seat back. 

What will change their minds - and yours? It's Thursday, live from Grimsby, this is the Politics Hub.

Politics Hub With Sophy Ridge is live

Our weeknight politics show Politics Hub With Sophy Ridge is live now on Sky News.

Tonight's edition is coming live from Grimsby as part of a Target Towns special.

Sophy will be talking about trust in politics with a live audience.

She will also be speaking with the Conservative MP for Great Grimsby, Lia Nici and her Labour challenger, Melanie Onn.

Watch live in the stream at the top of this page, and follow all the latest updates and key moments right here in the Politics Hub.

Watch Politics Hub With Sophy Ridge from Monday to Thursday on Sky channel 501, Virgin channel 602, Freeview channel 233, on the Sky News website and app or on YouTube.

What is Target Towns?

Sky News' Target Towns series aims to tell the story of the upcoming election from the perspective of voters in the new constituency of Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes.

We'll hear from locals all the way through to election night to understand the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead, and to discuss how the future could look depending on which political party is elected into power.

The constituency is high on Conservative and Labour target lists, lying right at the heart of the Red Wall that the Tories smashed to take the election in 2019.

Once again it promises to be pivotal to both leaders' ambitions.

'There been a complete breakdown in trust in politicians - we want to try and find out why that is'

Ahead of tonight's special edition of the Politics Hub in Grimsby, Sophy Ridge sets out what she'll be exploring in the show:

Watch how we build set for Politics Hub special episode in Grimsby

Sophy Ridge will present a special edition of the Politics Hub from the Grimsby Central Hall live tonight from 7pm.

We'll be looking at why trust in politicians is so low - and Sophy will be joined by a live audience to get their thoughts.

You can watch a timelapse below of the how the set for tonight's show has taken shape.

Target Towns: Why have people lost trust in politics?

An exclusive Sky News/YouGov poll has found people's trust in politics is collapsing.

It's felt particularly in the north of England, where 86% of voters think politicians don't care about them.

People and politics correspondent Nick Martin has been to Grimsby, one of Sky's Target Towns, to find out why this is happening.

The Politics Hub with Sophy Ridge is going to be live in Grimsby tonight with a special programme in our Target Towns series. 

She'll be talking about trust in politics with a live audience live from 7pm.

Coming up at 7pm... Target Towns special edition of Politics Hub With Sophy Ridge

Coming up later tonight we have a special Target Towns edition of our weekly politics show Politics Hub With Sophy Ridge.

Tonight's show will come live from Grimsby, where Sophy will be talking about trust in politics with a live audience from 7pm.

She will also speak with the Conservative MP for Great Grimsby, Lia Nici and her Labour challenger, Melanie Onn.

You will be able to watch the show live in the stream at the top of this page and follow all the latest updates and key moments right here in the Politics Hub.

Watch Politics Hub With Sophy Ridge from Monday to Thursday on Sky channel 501, Virgin channel 602, Freeview channel 233, on the Sky News website and app or on YouTube.

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