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Starmer takes responsibility for major defeat in UK election results
Britain’s Labor Party had lost about 1,100 municipal council seats across England by Friday evening, while right-wing populist Reform UK had gained about 1,200 seats.
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“Let me be clear: these are really difficult consequences. I’m not going to overstate it. And we have lost talented labor representatives.” “No, I will not go away and plunge the country into chaos. We have been elected to deal with these challenges and that is what we will do.” “I would honestly say you are seeing a historic change in British politics. It is now the most national of all the parties. We are competitive in every part of the country, and we are here to stay.”
By Monica Kvorak and Jamie Leventhal
8 May 2026
