Labour is on course to lose almost three-quarters of the seats the party is defending in next week’s local elections, a leading pollster warned on Wednesday night.
Robert Hayward said Labour is facing a ‘pincer movement’ from Reform and the Greens which could see it lose as many as 1,850 seats when voters go to the polls on May 7.
Devastation on this scale would be significantly worse than Labour insiders have predicted – and would increase the chances of a push to topple Keir Starmer.
One Cabinet minister told the Sunday Times last week, that losses of 1,500 seats would trigger a coup,
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