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Britain’s governing Conservative Party suffered heavy losses in local election results on Friday, further cementing expectations that the Labour Party will return to power after 14 years in a UK general election that will take place in the coming months. Though the results overall, admittedly on a low turnout, make for grim reading for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, he was …
Ben Houchen and Rishi Sunak put on a united Tory front today, hours after the re-elected Tees Valley mayor failed to mention the Prime Minister in his victory speech and conspicuously failed to wear a blue party rosette. Tory Ben Houchen was re-installed as the mayor of the Tees Valley today - but failed to mention Rishi Sunak in his …