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Local Elections See Sunak’s Tories Take a Beating, WHO Downgrade Covid-19

The 2023 local elections have seen the Conservatives losing hundreds of seats across England. Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani analyse the results and what it means for Sunak’s government, Starmer’s Labour, the Lib Dems and the Greens.

Plus: the WHO say that Covid-19 is no longer an international health emergency, and Peter Hitchens takes on the government over Britain’s poor rail service.

  • Published 5 May 2023

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