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Doesn't seem like increased migration and Epstein connections have appealed to the British voters.

Epstein connections and the migration issue – these are two events that have had significantly negative effects on Labour leader Keir Starmer. Since the election victory two years ago, Keir Starmer and his Labour Party have seen their support plunge in the opinion polls and have been overtaken by a growing Reform UK.

Disappointed voters say they are still waiting for the change that Starmer promised during the election campaign after 14 years of Conservative rule. Rising prices and a weak economy are driving the discontent, while the government has been pressured by the Mandelson scandal and criticism of the migration policy. Watch the segment on SVT News.

Labour and the Tories retreat sharply in British local elections. Reform UK emerges as clear winners in the British regional and local elections, while the ruling Labour Party suffers heavy losses.

Votes from Thursday's local elections are now being fully counted in the United Kingdom. By Friday lunchtime, it was clear that the social democratic Labour Party had lost its majority in eight councils and more than two hundred seats. The Conservative Tories are also falling significantly. At the same time, the right-wing populist Reform UK has won more than 300 council seats, according to a vote count from the newspaper the Guardian. See the report on SVT Nyheter.