Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Friday he would remain in office despite heavy defeats for his Labour Party in the UK's local elections. The results showed significant gains for Nigel Farage's Reform UK party across England.
Voters delivered a rebuke to Starmer in Thursday's contests, which involved roughly 5,000 seats in England along with races in Scotland and Wales. Labour lost more than 470 council races, while Reform UK secured over 700 wins, according to the BBC. The populist party took control of Essex County Council, Suffolk County Council and the London borough of Havering.
