England's Elections: Starmer, Badenoch Test

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Local elections 2025: The poll where voters roll the dice?

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In play are over 1,600 council seats, six mayoralties and the Labour-held seat of Runcorn and Helsby .

It will be the first big ballot box test of Sir Keir Starmer 's premiership and Kemi Badenoch's leadership.

The Conservatives have majorities in 18 of the 23 councils up for grabs, and could even see the Lib Dems overtake them to become the second biggest party in local government.

A YouGov poll suggests Reform is in pole position to win the Lincolnshire mayoralty and Hull and East Yorkshire mayoral battle.

The country is stuck in a 'doom loop' as voters turn off the Tories and disappointed in Labour .

Reform's Nigel Farage's pitch: " Britain is broken and needs Reform".

This set of local elections is far smaller than normal when it comes to the number of councils being contested than normal.

The 11 million eligible to vote in England are just a quarter of those who could cast a vote across the UK in last year's general election.

These elections could be the moment that Reform tastes real power and the Liberal Democrats surge.

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