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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
David Lynch

Labour ‘optimistic’ about 2026 as other parties prepare for local elections

Labour Party chairwoman Anna Turley arrives in Downing Street, London, for a Cabinet meeting (James Manning/PA) - (PA Wire)

Labour’s chairwoman has insisted she is “optimistic” about the party’s prospects in 2026, as its first full year of Government draws to a close.

Anna Turley acknowledged that people had not yet began to feel the “change” which Labour promised ahead of the 2024 election, but insisted to the Press Association that next year they would notice the impact of the Government’s actions.

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