Over 230 UK councils to hold annual local elections on Thursday
04 May 2023 02:11pm
Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak (C) and Britain's Home Secretary Suella Braverman (L) visit a U3A community group at the Chiltern leisure centre in Amersham, England, on May 3, 2023, coinciding with the Government's announcement on tackling fraud - AFP
The elections will serve as an important test of Britons' support for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and his Conservative party in a different political climate, as the country struggles with surging inflation, pay raise strikes and political instability, as two prime ministers had to step down last year.
UK's Conservative, Labour, and Liberal Democrat parties, along with several parties with fewer seats in Parliament, will compete for the seats in over 230 local councils while the currently governing Conservatives are expected to lose numerous seats amid plummeting polls and a low turnout in previous elections - BERNAMA
