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Birmingham is awash with local election candidates – but will result be a ‘coalition of chaos’?

UK had an unpopular Labour government facing an economic crisis, tensions around immigration and US pressure to back military action abroad. Such a backdrop may seem familiar, but this May, the all-out local elections

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crisis over the Iran war. But the [Guardian’s revelation last week that Mandelson failed secured vetting](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/16/revealed-mandelson-failed-vetting-but-foreign-office-overruled-decision) for the US role has put Starmer’s future back in focus, amid calls