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More than 2,600 seats are up for election in 107 English councils on Thursday.
Now, YouGov has made its final calls for some key contests using the MRP polling method after interviewing almost 9,000 people over two weeks.
Here, exclusively on Sky News, are the headlines. We’ll start with two key battlegrounds:
Labour HQ will be very happy that YouGov says they will go red.
Hyndburn is a red wall council that has proved sticky in recent council elections. Milton Keynes is also a great political bellwether – Labour needs to be doing well here in the general election.
Then there are races that are more of a toss-up – councils that might change hands but YouGov says the races are too close to make a firm prediction.
Norwich and Tamworth are two places where Labour looks like they’re building momentum in both councils, but it’s too close to call.
Winning Norwich would be pretty seismic for Labour, given it only has one target seat, Norwich North. To be doing well in a general election, Labour only needs not to be going backwards.
Reigate is an exceptional council – local difficulties and defections in recent years make it easier to win back.
YouGov says there will also be parties possibly losing control of councils.
Lib Dem control of Hull in Yorkshire and Tory control of Walsall in the West Midlands are both on the edge – and both are big contests.
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Hull in Yorkshire is where Labour is snapping at the Lib Dem’s heels. Lib Dems tell me they are worried but they’ve always just about held on in the past – it’s quite a rare head to head between these two.
Walsall…
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