Polls close in UK local elections as Keir Starmer faces possible reckoning
Polls have now closed in the UK’s biggest set of elections since 2024.
The vote could bring seismic change to the political landscape and is being seen as a referendum on UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s leadership.
The leader of the Conservatives, Kemi Badenoch, cast her vote in Essex, but she isn’t expected to benefit from the Labour slump.
Instead, Reform UK is predicted to be the biggest winners from today’s election.
