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Labour lost 1,496 council seats and control of 38 councils in the May 2026 local elections, with Reform UK gaining 1,451 seats and the Greens taking 411. Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner responded by calling for an urgent policy pivot toward cost-of-living measures and housing, while conspicuously omitting immigration — a signal of deep factional tensions within the party over how to respond to Reform's surge in Labour heartlands.