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Reform UK has gained at least 150 seats in early England local election results, with Labour down 104 and the Conservatives losing 42. Reform won 24 of 25 seats in Wigan, where Labour lost all 22 it was defending. Labour has lost control of Hartlepool, Redditch and Tamworth. Counting continues across all 136 English councils.
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