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More ways to listen Apple podcasts Spotify RSS Feed Download Presented by Lucy Hough with Alexandra Topping; produced by Annie La Vespa and Sam Gruet; lead producer Zoe Hitch Fri 8 May 2026 17.43 BSTShare00:00:0000:00:00Keir Starmer has vowed to fight on after Labour suffered heavy losses in local elections, while Nigel Farage’s Reform UK and the Green party made substantial gains. So is the era of two-party politics over? And can the prime minister survive?
Lucy Hough speaks to political correspondent Alexandra Topping
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