How will Labour and Tories react to Farage threat? | Local Elections

Ali Fortescue looks at why Reform UK proved so popular with voters in the local elections and Runcorn by-election - and what the main parties can do about it.

Labour were stunned in Runcorn and Helsby last week when their candidate lost to Reform.

Dame Andrea Jenkyns became Reform's first mayor, while the party took 677 local election seats, mainly at the expense of the Conservative Party.

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Post from Sky News on May 06, 2025

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