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2025-01-12 12:40:11 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 9DCED83F9EF52E7767BAE97D76B525423B6A3DCD014850EB0B0600DE1153D8E3
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Original Note:
Farage’s claims misrepresent the situation. The elections aren’t being cancelled, but rather delayed while the councils are restructured from a two tier to a one tier system. https://mhclgmedia.blog.gov.uk/2025/01/09/reporting-on-local-elections/ This isn’t unusual, and happened in 2021 in councils in North Yorkshire, Cumbria, and Somerset. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/proposals-for-unitary-local-government-in-cumbria-north-yorkshire-and-somerset
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