UK politics: Gove makes statement on homes for Ukrainian refugees as website for scheme opens – as it happened
by Andrew Sparrow from on (#5X2X4)
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Labour has taken a huge 30-point lead over the Conservatives in London, Kevin Schofield reports for HuffPost. He writes:
The Deltapoll survey puts support for Keir Starmer's party in the capital at 54 per cent, well ahead of the Tories on 24 per cent. The Lib Dems are on just 9%, with the Greens on 5% ...
At the last borough council elections in London in 2018, Labour received 44% of the vote, with the Tories on 29%.
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