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Government abandons plans to delay council elections after legal advice
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- Just two hours later, his government was announcing yet another reversal as it abandoned plans to delay local elections for 30 councils in England.
- Reform UK leader Nigel Farage called for the resignation of the local government secretary, posting: “The government tried to cancel democracy. They have been defeated.”
- The U-turn creates potential gains in Labour-leaning councils such as Basildon, Cannock Chase, Harlow, West Sussex, and Thurrock for Reform.
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