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local elections Photograph: ITV’s Peston And this is how Hayward explains it in his summary. > double quotation mark**England** all figures given are net losses and gains > > **Labour** will **lose 1850** seats > > The losses
local elections are just over three weeks away, and Labour is using this announcement as a platform to attack Reform UK, saying that Nigel Farage’s party can’t be trusted to stand
impact, was doctors and other qualified health staff. Just 9% said they were most worried about millionaires moving abroad, while 19% named young people and another 19% put business owners as the biggest losses
impact of much higher inflation triggered by the Iran war and the closure of the strait of Hormuz. The International Monetary Fund [warned this month](https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/apr/14/iran-war-global-recession-imf-uk-growth-forecasts-oil-prices) that the UK would suffer the sharpest
impact of an electoral wipeout in the upcoming elections might change things, says Kiran. Historical losses are forecast in Scotland, Wales and London for Labour to the Greens, Reform and nationalist parties. --- **Waiting
local ward of Kentish Town. In Sunderland, the education secretary Bridget Phillipson’s patch, Reform won full control of the city council. In Wigan, the culture secretary Lisa Nandy’s constituency, Reform
local tests in England, and national ballots in Wales and Scotland - votes another cabinet minister frets "will be a disaster". We've been travelling around Wales this week, and Scotland last week, talking
impacted the whole country.  at the beginning of May, the debate over the decision to leave the EU, also known as [Brexit,](/video/inside-story/2017/1/26/will-brexit-still-mean-brexit) has been renewed. In the aftermath of the vote, Prime Minister
loss in Wales would have political significance of historic proportions. A former Welsh government minister told BBC Wales that if the results were "as bad as predicted" then UK Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer should
local elections. [Lucy Powell](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/lucy-powell) told the Guardian she understood there was “huge anger and despondency” from Labour MPs in the aftermath of the Peter Mandelson vetting scandal, but said the prime minister
Labour MP called on Starmer to quit. 2. ***Middle East*** | [Iranian forces seized two ships](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/22/iranian-forces-ships-seized-strait-of-hormuz-us-peace-talks) in the strait of Hormuz as the US and Iran doubled down on imposing separate blockades
losses will only add to the concerns within Labour. Here is every area with an election on 7 May — 136 local councils in England, plus the Welsh and Scottish parliaments. Labour currently controls 66 areas
losses, while the Broncos have now lost seven matches and won five. **Hastie says Hanson doesn’t have the energy to be prime minister** **Andrew Hastie** has claimed **Pauline Hanson** lacks the energy