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EPISODE · Apr 28, 2026 · 18 MIN

Will Starmer’s constituency lose to the Greens in next week’s council elections? With LSE professor Tony Travers

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Londoners will head to the polls next week to choose their local councillors. Since 2021, Labour has held the majority across the capital, but new polling suggests that even Sir Keir Starmer’s local borough of Camden may fall to the Greens.In this episode, host Tamara Kormornick speaks to Tony Travers, a professor in the Department of Government at the London School of Economics about the results of the latest London council election poll by JL Partners for LSE. They discuss possible outcomes for the upcoming elections, including which parties might join forces, and the messages Londoners may send to Westminster through the ballot box. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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