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Local elections scorecard: How to judge a good - and disastrous - night for Labour, Reform and Tories

Local elections scorecard: How to judge a good - and disastrous - night for Labour, Reform and Tories
The Independent’s political editor David Maddox explains how we can judge whether each party has succeeded or failed in the elections on 1 May with help from renowned pollster Lord Hayward

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