Forecasts before the polls closed suggested the Conservatives could lose up to half of the council seats they are defending in these local elections
Sir Keir Starmer said he was 'concerned wherever we lose votes' after reports his party's stance on Gaza had cost some seats at the local elections, but insisted Labour was picking up seats where it needed to. The Labour leader told the BBC: 'I'm concerned wherever we lose votes and we intend to win any votes we have lost back.
'But there's no denying that across the country, whether it's Hartlepool int he North or Rushmoor in the South or Redditch, a bellwether seat, we are winning votes across the country.
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