Three LocalElections2022 stories: 🗳️ Labour victorious in Wandsworth as Tories struggle in London 🗳️ Sinn Fein hopeful of historic breakthrough as votes are counted in NI 🗳️ Follow live updates 👉
They will also shed light on whether Sir Keir has been able to make ground amid the pressures facing the PM as a result of partygate as well as the cost of living crisis.
In Northern Ireland, 90 assembly members are being elected - with tensions high as polls point to Sinn Fein overtaking the DUP as the largest party, suggesting Northern Ireland could have a nationalist first minister for the first time. Mayoral votes have also been taking place - in South Yorkshire, Croydon, Hackney, Lewisham, Newham, Tower Hamlets and Watford.In Scotland and Wales, counting does not begin until Friday, with the earliest results not expected until that afternoon.A YouGov poll for Sky News earlier this week suggested Labour was
in key battlegrounds but would possibly struggle to take over significant numbers of councils outright.and predicted that inflation would top 10% later this year - its highest level in four decades - signalling a tightening cost of living squeeze. Speaking on Friday morning, Liberal Democrat deputy leader Daisy Cooper said:"This is a great night for the Liberal Democrats. We're making progress all over the country - building on our historic by-election victories last year."
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