1 hour ago Pollster predicts grim local elections for Starmer and Badenoch with Reform surge

The local elections, which will be the first big electoral test since last summer’s general election, will see the Tories lose around 500 seats, a leading pollster has predicted

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31 h. ago Tories 'face losing 500 councillors' in local elections next week as Kemi Badenoch dismisses Robert Jenrick's hint at 'coalition' with Reform

Lord Robert Hayward, a Conservative peer and top pollster, said he expects the Tories to lose between 475 to 525 councillors at next Thursday's elections.

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3 d. ago Badenoch says local elections will be ‘very difficult’ for Conservatives

Tory leader attempts to manage expectations of party’s performance ahead of council elections on May 1

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3 d. ago Badenoch says Tories braced for ‘very difficult’ set of local election results

Tory leader accused of ‘throwing in the towel’ ahead of next Thursday’s vote

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3 d. ago Lib Dems 'handed £100,000 war chest' to combat Reform UK at local elections

Polling experts reckon Sir Ed Davey 's party might be the big winners in the local council contests across England on 1 May.

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3 d. ago Badenoch admits local elections will be ‘very difficult’ for Conservatives

The Tory leader told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme that July’s general election was a ‘historic defeat’ for the party.

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