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Reform UK records historic breakthrough in local elections that mark Labour's collapse and the end of two-party politics
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Prime Minister Keir Starmer is weakened by disastrous results for his Labour Party in Thursday's elections. In Wales, a Labour stronghold for a century, the party only finished fourth, while the main winner, Reform UK, has established a local base.
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