Thursday's elections are the final test of voter sentiment before the next general election
Voters will head to the polls on Thursday in a series of local elections seen as the final test of public opinion before Rishi Sunak goes to the country later this year. Forecasts suggest the Tories could lose up to half of the council seats they are defending, with Chancellor Jeremy Hunt saying the party expects to suffer "significant losses".
He told Sky News' Politics Hub: "Tony Blair easily lost those amounts of councillors. And, you know, David Cameron lost hundreds of councillors in the run up to the 2015 general election. Both received backing from Mr Johnson, whose interventions the Prime Minister's press secretary said were welcome despite both candidates having appeared to have distanced themselves from their party allegiance throughout campaigning.
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