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20.14 EDTReform UK gloomy about prospects in Makerfield, as one party source says Labour ahead by 2,500 votesJosh Halliday is the Guardian’s North of England editor.A Reform UK source just told me they currently expect to lose to Burnham by around 2,500 votes.
- ▪20.14 EDTReform UK gloomy about prospects in Makerfield, as one party source says Labour ahead by 2,500 votesJosh Halliday is the Guardian’s North of England editor.A Reform UK source just told me they currently expect to lose to Burnham by
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20.14 EDTReform UK gloomy about prospects in Makerfield, as one party source says Labour ahead by 2,500 votesJosh Halliday is the Guardian’s North of England editor.A Reform UK source just told me they currently expect to lose to Burnham by around 2,500 votes. An official spokesperson would not comment on numbers but said they believe it’s “fairly close” and that “no one’s running away with it.”The spokesperson denied reports that Nigel Farage had left Makerfield, saying he had just been on the phone to him and he was still in the constituency.Separately, a senior Labour source said it did not look like Restore Britain had been able to turnout its vote to the level that some had predicted.They said Rupert Lowe’s hardline anti-immigration party could “possibly” achieve 7% of the vote but…
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