Tories could be hit harder by local election U-turn than Labour, top pollster says

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"The Conservatives could be hit harder than Labour by the government's decision to abandon plans to postpone elections in 30 areas, Britain's leading polling expert has said. Writing in The Independent, the top pollster explained that while Labour were always likely to face embarrassment in the May polls, the Tories are now fighting significant challenges from Reform UK in key counties that had been told they could delay elections. Sir John Curtice said despite more Labour-controlled councils having been due to postpone their elections, the Conservatives have a good reason to regret the reversal of the delays, with four large Tory-majority county councils Norfolk, Suffolk, East and West Sussex now having to organise ballots."

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