Every single vote will count, says May

... but did she find many on a visit to Bridgend?

VOTERS will go to the polls on June 8 in the most important General Election Britain has faced in 60 years, Theresa May insisted as she brought the campaign fight to Bridgend.

The Prime Minister insisted she was “not complacent” about the outcome of the poll as she told supporters “every single vote will count”.

The Labour-held seat of Bridgend is the latest target for the Conservative Party as Madeleine Moon’s majority was cut to 1,927 two years ago.

Mrs May left the door open to tax breaks for workers that would be viewed as a direct pitch to win over traditional Labour voters in the area.

During a visit to Brackla Community Centre, she said the General Election was “the most important election this country has faced in my lifetime”.

“An election in which every single vote will count. A really important election for the future of this country,” she said.

“A vote for any other party would be a vote for a weak and failing Jeremy Corbyn propped up by a coalition of chaos which would risk our national future.”

Tories have so far refused to repeat the party’s 2015 manifesto pledge not to put up income tax, VAT or national insurance and Chancellor Philip Hammond has hinted it could be ditched.

But the party is reportedly considering a tax “sweetener” for working people.

Asked about the claims, Mrs May replied: “There’s a choice between a Conservative Party which always has been, is and will always be a party that believes in lower taxes.”

She added: “The choice is between that and a Labour Party whose natural instinct is always to put up taxes.”

But her pitch to sway voters cut little ice with Chris Caldwell, 50, who was among the crowd gathered outside the community centre on Whitethorn Drive.

“She will come away empty-handed from here,” said the 50-year-old Labour supporter from Brackla, who works in the museum in Cardiff.

Perhaps Mrs May’s team were pre-empting reactions like that when they restricted her crowd in the community centre – usually the venue of children’s parties and play groups – to enthusiastic Tory members.

Chris said: “With all the cuts in the public sector and public finance, NHS and schools, there doesn’t seem to be a lot of positives since they came to power.”

Fellow Labour voter Lois Clarke, 33, from Brackla, also believes the Conservatives won’t make the hoped-for gains in the constituency.

“I think she is sly,” she said.

“I think she will be in shock, I don’t think she will get what she wants. Driving around Brackla you can’t see any signs but Labour.”

Mrs May insisted she was “not complacent” about the result of the June 8 poll and warned that Mr Corbyn could defy the odds.

She added: “Make no mistake, it could happen. Remember the opinion polls were wrong in the 2015 general election,