Theresa May says young people should vote Conservative because the party will "ensure they have a future".

The prime minister dismissed concerns about cuts to housing benefit, EMA and maintenance grants and said she wants to "open up real opportunities".

Newsbeat is speaking to leaders of the main parties ahead of the general election on 8 June.

Here are five things Theresa May told Newsbeat about why she thinks you should vote Conservative.

Mental health hasn't been dealt with properly

The Conservatives have promised to recruit 10,000 extra mental health nurses by 2020 if they win the election.

Theresa May said the money for the additional staff would come from "part of the extra funding that's going into the NHS".

"I think mental health is really important, it's not been dealt with properly so far," she said.

"I really want to see staff trained in primary and secondary schools to help to identify when youngsters have got mental health problems, but also crucially, know how to help them."

You shouldn't be able to vote at 16

The Conservatives and UKIP are the only parties who do not want 16 and 17-year-olds to be able to vote.

Theresa May told Newsbeat: "You have to draw the line at an age - I happen to believe it should be at 18. [But] some people will say one age, some another. I think it's 18."

We put it to the PM that you can get married, join the armed forces and have a consensual relationship at 16.

"I think it is right, in other senses 18, the age where people become adults in that sense. You draw the line somewhere. I happen to think it's 18."

She defends her record as home secretary

Having said there is "too much tolerance of extremism" in the UK, Theresa May stands by her record in charge of crime and policing.

As home secretary for six years before becoming prime minister, Mrs May was in charge of counter-terrorism.

"When I was home secretary I put forward a counter-extremism strategy and I gave the police extra powers to be able to deal with terrorists."

She did not agree that saying "things need to change" was an admission that she had got things wrong.

"No, things have been changing - the threat has evolved and we need to adapt to respond to that threat."

When asked about cuts to police, she said: "We've seen an increase in people reporting into the authorities concerns about people in their neighbourhood, worries about perhaps people in their family."

She's concerned about your future

When asked why a lot of young people don't trust politicians, Theresa May turned the subject around to Brexit.

"It's about young people's future, it's about ensuring we take the opportunities that will be opened up to us when we leave the EU to be a really global nation bringing more jobs, more investment into the UK.

"Opening up real opportunities to young people. I want to see proper technical education for the first time for young people for whom that's right.

"But crucially it's about young people's future and it's about ensuring there's a good economy providing well paid jobs, skilling them up for those jobs, ensuring they have a future."

She doesn't like Liar Liar

Theresa May admits she has "heard bits" of Liar Liar, the Captain Ska track featuring clips of her talking, which reached number four in the Official Singles Chart.

"Well, I've heard bits of it and to be perfectly honest I'm not very happy about it," she said.

"I don't much like it, I don't think anybody would when they heard a song about themselves like that."

Promoted by campaign organisation the People's Assembly Against Austerity, the song wasn't played on Radio 1 but the station said it hadn't been banned.

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