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International Business Times
International Business Times
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UK Local Elections Test Big Two Parties

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage is eyeing major gains in Thursday's local elections (Credit: AFP)

Britain's two main parties are tipped to suffer losses Thursday in local elections likely to confirm the rise of hard-right populists and portend the splintering of a century-long political duopoly.

The polls in England are the first since Keir Starmer became Labour prime minister and Kemi Badenoch took over at the helm of the struggling opposition Conservatives last year.

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