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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Athena Stavrou

Tories could be hit harder by local election U-turn than Labour, top pollster says

The Conservatives could be hit harder than Labour by the government’s decision to abandon plans to postpone elections in 30 areas, Britain’s leading polling expert has said.

Writing in The Independent, Sir John Curtice said that while Labour were always likely to face embarrassment in the May polls, the Tories are now fighting significant challenges from Reform UK in key counties that had been told they could delay elections.

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