Local elections: voters head to the polls across England – UK politics live

Labour face first electoral test since general election with more than 1,600 council seats up for grabsHere is the latest edition of the Guardian’s Politics Weekly UK podcast. John Harris has been to Doncaster, the only council where elections are taking place currently under Labour control. At least one poll suggests it will lose to Reform UK.It’s a nice day for voting in England. Yesterday the Green party said it was likely to be “the hottest local election day on record”. Here are two pictures of people arriving to vote. Continue reading...

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