Article 77PBC ‘Let’s see what he can do’: will Burnham bring Barnsley voters back to Labour?

‘Let’s see what he can do’: will Burnham bring Barnsley voters back to Labour?

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Hannah Al-Othman North of England correspondent
from World news | The Guardian on (#77PBC)

With questions over Farage's finances and a new face in No 10, could Barnsley council be a bellwether for changing Labour fortunes?

Labour marked its worst performance in more than 50 years when voters went to the polls in Barnsley in May, but 100 days on from those seismic local elections, the political landscape has shifted drastically.

Could the South Yorkshire town, where Reform UK reaped the benefits of dissatisfaction with Labour, prove to be a test case for whether the governing party has turned the tide?

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