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Andy Beill

Talking Point: Do you think Boris Johnson will pay at the polls?

Voters are getting ready to go to the polls for the local elections

(Picture: PA)

The latest polling is in – and it makes for grim reading for the Conservatives. With just over a week to go until the local elections on May 5, the Tories face losing even more ground in London, according to the results from a YouGov survey for the Queen Mary University of London’s Mile End Institute.

As the partygate scandal rumbles on, voters are being given their first opportunity to make their feelings clear. Meanwhile, the cost of living crisis may be an even bigger motivating factor for people watching their outgoings increasing and scrutinising their council tax bills.

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