UK local elections: "Starmer must address voters' frustration over change"

UK local elections: "Starmer must address voters' frustration over change" UK

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08:46

Issued on: 09/05/2026 - 13:19

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Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer is under growing pressure after Labour suffered major setbacks in local elections across England, while also struggling in Wales and Scotland as Reform UK continued to gain support. The results have raised fresh questions about Starmer’s leadership less than a year after leading Labour back into government. France 24’s Gavin Lee speaks to James Lyons, who served under Starmer in Downing Street and previously worked as political editor at the Daily Mirror and The Sunday Times.

Produced by Gavin Lee, Alessandro Xenos, Théophile Vareille, Guillaume Gougeon and Daniel Whittington

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• UK
• elections
• England
• Wales
• Scotland
• Labour Party
• Reform UK
• Green Party
• Keir Starmer
• Nigel Farage