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May 2024
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Election special: How bad is it for Tori...

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The local election and mayoral results flood in.

How bad are they for the Tories? How much of that is Reform? And how well have Labour actually done?

Editor: Tom Hughes

Senior Producer: Gabriel Radus

Producer: Laura FitzPatrick

Social Media Editor: Georgia Foxwell

Video Production: Shane Fennelly & Arvind Badewal

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Cip Credits:

Ben Houchen with Sophie Ridge on Sky News

Rishi Sunak talking to BBC News

Andrea Leadsom with Jo Coburn on PoliticsLive on BBC Two

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