Sir Keir Starmer has issued a last plea to voters in what could be a last stand for his premiership, with Labour expected to suffer huge losses when voters go to the polls in the local elections on Thursday.
The prime minister, who has largely been absent from Labour’s local and devolved election campaign, urged voters to embrace “unity over division” in the face of Nigel Farage’s Reform and Zack Polanski’s Green Party – as both parties are expected to make sweeping gains.
