The Labour group leader Tudor Evans said that the Conservative administration felling trees in the city centre was not one of the issues raised most often by voters, who wre instead focused on the cost of living, particularly food and energy prices. He said that a Labour council would increase the number of trees, wildflowers and greenery in the city centre alongside "economic diversification". The Conservative candidate and former councillor Andrea Johnson said that most voters who bring up the cost of living were grateful for government support rather than critical. All parties except the Conservatives said they would protect the remaining healthy trees on Armada Way. The Conservatives "said they did not have a policy".
