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The party could lose more than half of the council seats it is defending
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A by-election in Wales reveals Labour’s vulnerability

Though the predictive power of these contests has shrunk of late

Voters in Gorton and Denton abandoned the government

Even as top Tories defect to Reform UK, voters’ priorities are shifting

And ducked the painful choices needed to revive the economy

A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist