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LABOUR were celebrating last night after unexpectedly winning five seats on the City of London’s Common Council.
City of London elections are unusual in that the electorate is comprised of not only local residents but also voters appointed by companies and businesses in the “Square Mile” — the financial centre of the capital.
The City of London Corporation claims that “the City is the only area in the country in which the number of workers significantly outnumbers the residents and therefore, to be truly representative of its population, offers a vote to City organisations so they can have their say on the way the City is run.”
Burnham’s Makerfield triumph offers the party the opportunity to reconnect with working people, but only if it rejects business as usual, says CAROL MOCHAN MSP
By-election poll puts Starmer's future on a knife-edge
Every Starmer boast about removing asylum-seekers probably wins Reform another seat while Labour loses more voters to Lib Dems, Greens and nationalists than to the far right — the disaster facing Labour is the leadership’s fault, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP