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Labour Suffers Historic Collapse Across Britain
Britain's Labour Party has lost control of 25 English councils, been swept out of power in Wales for the first time in 27 years, and watched Reform UK seize over 1,300 seats in local elections. Senior Labour MPs are now openly pressuring Prime Minister Keir Starmer to set a departure timetable, in what looks like a coordinated internal push to force him out within a year. The SNP meanwhile won a fifth consecutive term in Scotland, with Reform and Labour tying for a distant second.
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