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Starmer's Labour to face potential backlash in UK local elections
Britons head to the polls Thursday in local elections where millions of voters could turn to Nigel Farage's far-right Reform UK party or the left-wing Green Party. These elections mark a major first test for Prime Minister Keir Starmer, whose popularity has plummeted following a
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