We could be in for a seismic week for British politics, representing one of the biggest challenges that we’ve ever seen to the two-party system. On Thursday, millions of voters go to the polls in local elections to elect local councillors and a handful of regional mayors – and it looks like Nigel Farage’s Reform UK could make major gains. The local seats, which are coming up this week, were last contested back in 2021, during Boris Johnson’s post-COVID-19 vaccine popularity bounce. This was seen as the absolute peak of 21st-century Tory success – so much so that Keir Starmer, then opposition leader, almost quit. Click the link below for the latest stories on the local elections 👇 https://www.cityam.com/category/politics/ Get more of City AM 👇 🌐 http://www.cityam.com X(formerly Twitter): http://twitter.com/CityAM Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/cityam Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/city_am LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/cityam Produced by: Matt Kenyon, Emmanuel Nwosu, Scarlett Wild #nigelfarage #kemibadenoch #keirstarmer #election #electionnews #localelections #mayoralelection #reform #reformuk #tory #tories #conservative #conservativeparty #politics #news #politicalnews #uk #england #uknews #ukpolitics #economy #economics #trending