The Tories suffered sobering losses in native elections throughout England within the final huge electoral check earlier than a normal election.
Labour additionally trounced the Tories within the parliamentary by-election in Blackpool South – with Reform operating a detailed third in that seat. The FT’s Whitehall editor Lucy Fisher is joined by Political Repair regulars Robert Shrimsley and Miranda Inexperienced to comb by the outcomes.
Plus, the workforce is joined by James Kanagasooriam, chief analysis officer at polling agency Focaldata to dive into the small print.
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Introduced by Lucy Fisher. Produced by Audrey Tinline with Leah Quinn. Manuela Saragosa is the chief producer.
Audio combine and unique music by Breen Turner. The FT’s head of audio is Cheryl Brumley.
