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...They leave the country too, in limbo, run by a government that seems to have run out of road. The final score sheet was for the Conservatives a picture of almost unmitigated gloom....
...With 25 seats declared, Labour gained six to retain control of the council in the north-east of England....
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...The BBC has estimated that Labour has taken around 34 per cent of the national vote, down one point on last year but still nine points ahead of the ruling Conservatives....
...Chancellor Jeremy Hunt told Sky News earlier in the day that the party was expecting “significant losses” after pollsters suggested it could lose up to half of its council seats that were up for grabs....
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...Labour gained eight seats, but fell short of taking overall control with the Liberal Democrats holding the balance of power on the council....
...Projections that the Conservatives could lose half the council seats they held were based on results in 71 of the 107 councils being contested....
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...Patrick Harley, Conservative leader of the council, is sanguine about his party’s chances of hanging on....
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...It follows the party’s loss of Oldham council on Thursday, alongside a smattering of seat losses in areas of Bolton, Bradford, Manchester and Newcastle with large Muslim populations....
...But his victory, even on a reduced margin, was a boon to the Conservative party nationally, as local election results elsewhere so far indicate heavy Tory losses in councils across the country....
...Reform UK came third, just 117 votes behind the Conservatives. Tories’ council losses: As of 2pm on Friday the Conservatives had lost more than 120 council seats and control of three councils....
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