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Labour's Jonathan Brash election office is pictured in Hartlepool, England, Thursday June. 27, 2024. As British voters prepare to choose a new government on Thursday, Hartlepool’s statistics still tell a sobering story. Compared the country as a whole, it has higher unemployment, lower pay, shorter life expectancy, more drug deaths and worse crime rates. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell)