BBC News
By David Pittam
image captionMarc Farrow-Johnson, like many of the people we spoke to, expressed concerns over the state of Mansfield town centre
Voters across the country will head to the polls next month to put thousands of councillors, mayors and police and crime commissioners in positions of power.
The elections on 6 May will decide who runs local services such as schools, libraries and bin collections.
Nottinghamshire County Council is one of 143 local authorities in England holding elections, so we went to one town in the county to find out what issues matter most to them.
In 2017 the Conservatives fell three seats short of taking overall control of the county council, which has been governed by a coalition.