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Keir Starmer accused Rishi Sunak of being ‘a dodgy salesman’ as Tory MP Natalie Elphicke defected to Labour after the local elections.
UK Election News
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Live updates as the polls close after millions of Britons cast their votes in the 2024 local elections with predictions the Conservatives could suffer huge council losses.
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Counting has begun in local councils across England and Wales, as Sadiq Khan hopes to be re-elected London mayor for a third term in 2024.
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LONDON (AP) Millions of voters in England and Wales cast ballots Thursday in an array of local elections amounting to the last big test before a U.K. general election that all indicators suggest will see the Conservative Party ousted from power after 14 years. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will hope he can point to []
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Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer and his wife Victoria arrived at a polling station to cast their votes in the local and London Mayoral elections today. Voters head to the polls on Thursday (2 May) in a series of local elections seen as the final test of public opinion before Rishi Sunak goes to the country later this year. A total of 11 mayoral contests are also taking place, including for the London mayoralty between frontrunners, Labour incumbent Sadiq Khan and Tory challenger Susan Hall. Sir Keir arrived to vote in his Holborn and St Pancras constituency early on Thursday.
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Campaign groups have warned that controversial voter ID rules may prevent people from voting
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IF this years General Election is shaping up to be a prize political fight, then Thursdays locals are the all-important pre-match weigh-in.
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Americans have a message for news organizations as they prepare to cover the 2024 election: About half of Americans say they’re concerned that outlets will report inaccuracies or misinformation.
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Exclusive: Tees Valley mayors extraordinary broadside against his own party as Tories brace for drubbing in local elections and MPs plot no-confidence vote in event of Labour landslide
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Democratic Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer put Donald Trump on blast over abortion ahead of his visit to her state, calling his stance ‘baloney.’
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The commission released its schedule in late November, close to a year before the 2024 election
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As the 2024 local elections take place, find out if there is a general election this year, and what the results could be according to polls.