Starmer warned he will ‘squander trust’ with mayoral elections delay

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Former local government minister Jim McMahon has hit out at the decision to postpone mayoral elections after Reform compared the PM to a dictator

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Sir Keir Starmer has been warned by his former local government minister that he risks “squandering trust” in Labour after a huge row broke out over proposals to postpone some mayoral elections.

Starmer warned he will ‘squander trust’ with mayoral elections delay

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