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Reform-Run Councils ‘Cannot Deliver’ After ‘Heartbreaking’ Result For Tories | James Cleverly
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10:25Now Playing“It's a mixed picture and I'm not going to pretend otherwise.”
The Conservatives have lost more than 100 councillors across England so far in the May local elections, with significant Tory heartlands switching to Reform UK, who are “promising things that they know they cannot deliver”, says Conservative shadow housing secretary James Cleverly.
James Cleverly was speaking to Rosie Wright and Calum Macdonald on Times Radio Breakfast. Listen live every day from 6-10am.
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