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Where might Reform and the Lib Dems hurt the Tories at the local elections?

30 April 2025

8:06 PM

30 April 2025

8:06 PM

Kemi Badenoch faces her first big electoral test in this week’s local elections. The Conservative party has much to lose. Of the 1,642 council seats up for grabs, 940, accounting for boundary changes, were won by the Tories back in 2021. For Badenoch, the only path on Thursday is down.

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