Local elections: Tories braced for losses as England votes in five-party race

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : Alive to the threat of Reform, Labour is seeking to exploit anti-Farage sentiment to shore up the vote on its left flank -- urging potential Lib Dem and Green supporters to row in behind Starmer's party or risk being lumped with Reform.
12% : Reform's pitch ahead of Thursday focused heavily on tackling immigration and cutting town hall waste, while the Lib Dems have been capitalising on negative attitudes in the UK to Donald Trump, and the Greens are presenting themselves as most progressive and pro-trans rights alternative to Labour.

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