Angela Rayner suffered a major blow to her expected run at the Labour leadership after she failed to even hold her local council.
Labour lost its majority on Tameside council, the authority which includes the former deputy prime minister’s Greater Manchester constituency.
The party lost control of the council after an uninterrupted run of 47 years as Reform took all but one of the seats up for election.
Sir Keir Starmer‘s party lost 16 councillors while Reform UK gained 18 while the Conservatives lost two and the number of independents stayed the same.
It is likely to raise questions about whether Ms Rayner is
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