Tories lose 1,060 seats as Labour and the Lib Dems gain hundreds in sobering local election results

Rishi Sunak has been left reeling as voters in England dealt a series of stinging blows, stripping the Tories of control in dozens of town halls and kicking out more than 1,000 councillors.

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