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Major test for Labour as polls open in English, Scottish and Welsh elections

system. They come after months of Labour and the Conservatives languishing in the polls, and the growing popularity of smaller parties such as Reform UK, the Greens and the [Liberal Democrats](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/liberaldemocrats).

Welsh Labour faces ‘existential’ change as party braces for May election defeat

impact of austerity, Brexit and the Covid pandemic. But after 27 years of devolution, Wales has fallen behind the other UK nations in several key metrics. About 20% of Welsh NHS patients have to wait

Mapped: the elections that could deliver ‘unprecedented’ losses for Labour

systems that top-up votes. This election Surrey county council and its district councils are being combined into two new unitary authorities — the current county council is shown on the map. In London, every councillor