Rates bills and the cost of living crisis also featured high on voter concerns
Restoring Stormont is the key issue for a majority of voters in the upcoming council election, a Belfast Live poll suggests.
Read more:DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson defends Belfast election candidate who represented UDA-linked group More than 47% said concern over the size of their rates bill would affect how they vote, while almost 44% said it would not affect their vote and around 9% were unsure. The election comes after more than a year without a functioning Stormont Executive, which the DUP is blocking in protest against post-Brexit trade barriers under the Northern Ireland Protocol.
Opinion polls suggest Sinn Féin could be on course to overtake the DUP to become the largest party in local government in Northern Ireland.
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