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UK’s Conservatives lose two safe seats in historic by-election defeat

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is struggling to revive support for the Conservatives [File: Joe Giddens/Pool via Reuters]

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s ruling Conservative Party has lost two safe parliamentary seats in a bellwether vote ahead of the next general election.

The centre-left Labour Party easily won the two central England seats up for grabs in by-elections held on Thursday, in an ominous sign for the Conservatives’ prospects in national elections expected next year.

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