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Farage’s Reform Surges in Bruising Election for Starmer’s Labour
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1:32Now PlayingPrime Minister Keir Starmer said he had no plans to step aside as Labour leader after early results in local elections showed Nigel Farage’s populist Reform UK racking up sweeping gains over Britain’s governing party. #uk #politics #worldnews #election
With more than half of English councils declared, Reform had logged a net gain of 890 seats, claiming control of local governments in traditional Labour and Conservative strongholds. While Labour’s tally was down by 679, the governing party’s losses were still below the pace of some of the worst-case predictions.
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