Local elections: What would be a good night for Labour or the Tories?

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Makerfield: What are the polls saying?

On Thursday, Makerfield goes to the polls in the most consequential by-election in a generation.Can Andy Burnham finally gain the parliamentary seat he needs to enter the Labour leadership race? Will Robert Kenyon and Reform stop Burnham’s charge to Downing Street and further cem ...  Show more

The Makerfield candidates’ normal person contest | Will and Anoosh

The Makerfield by-election candidates battle it out to be the most “normal”, the travails of journalists from the US to the NS and more crossover between the worlds of AI and politics.Will Dunn and Anoosh Chakelian round up the stories of the weekLISTEN AD-FREE:📱Download the New ...  Show more

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