Starmer will ‘absolutely’ still be prime minister by next Christmas, says Labour chair – UK politics live

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Starmer will ‘absolutely’ still be prime minister by next Christmas, says Labour chair – UK politics live

Anna Turley says people will start to ‘see and feel’ change in public services and cost of living from next year

Tory deputy chair Matt Vickers was asked by Sky News’ Trevor Phillips about the councils that have said they will request a delay to elections next year (see post at 09.59 for more details).

He said:

Most Conservative councils have said no … In fact, we voted against the legislation that was being brought forward to move these things.

Some of these people are going to see a delay of two years in their elections, like the five-year term, a seven-year term, even for a councillor.

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