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NewsYahoo News UKLocal elections: Polling stations hit with arguments over masks
A voter ID law rolled out across the country ahead of the 4 May local elections saw voters required to bring photo ID to vote
PoliticsYahoo News UKLocal elections: 10 million voters 'don't know they need photo ID'
The local elections will be the first real electoral test of Rishi Sunak's premiership.
NewsYahoo News UKLocal elections: What you can and can't do in a polling station
There will be special rules in place on polling day.
NewsYahoo News UKLocal elections: Which votes are happening in my area and who's standing?
The elections will be a big electoral test for Boris Johnson.
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The whispers came all week. While the headlines focused on the sacking of defence secretary Gavin Williamson, a weird rumour started floating around: Labour and the Tories were close to a Brexit deal. Once the local election results started dribbling in on Friday morning, the whispers turned into shouts.
NewsYahoo News UKBoris Johnson mocked after tweeting he had voted in election - when there weren't any in London
The former Foreign Secretary deleted the tweet that said he had voted in the local elections, despite there not being any in London.
PoliticsYahoo News UKTory MP cries on live TV as Conservatives lose more than 1,000 seats in local elections
Results from 96 of 248 councils showed the Tories lost 257 seats and Labour 45.
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Yahoo News Explains: Who’s going to win the midterms?
The midterm elections look like they’re going to be hotly contested. Republicans now control both houses of Congress. All 435 seats in the House of Representatives and 35 seats in the Senate are up for grabs, so both parties are putting up the fight of a lifetime. But do Democrats have a chance? Yahoo News explains.
NewsYahoo News UKThe end of Ukip? Party suffers catastrophic collapse in local elections
Ukip suffered catastrophic losses in the local election, leading to speculation over the demise of the party.
NewsYahoo News UKTimeline: Here's what we know about Brexit in 2018
With the country still divided over how they want Brexit to take shape, there is no certainty on how Britain’s divorce from the EU will play out.
NewsYahoo News UKDogs at polling stations are back for local elections
Much of the country is heading to the polls today to vote in local and mayoral elections.
NewsPolitics.co.ukThe Walking Dead: Zombie result is worst possible outcome for Labour
There’s one thing you can be sure of with Jeremy Corbyn supporters: they’ll ignore that which doesn’t fit and enthusiastically spread that which does. Ten opinion polls can be published showing Labour is doomed, but the one that shows Corbyn overtaking David Cameron on personal approval ratings will spread like wildfire among his supporters. There’s enough there for Corbyn supporters to pretend everything’s fine and that arguments to the contrary are a product of media conspiracy, but not so much that they might, you know, actually win a general election.
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