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and 48 local authorities. gains have been shared by labour, liberal democrats and greens in all regions. 0ur political correspondent helen catt has the latest. for the conservatives this morning, time to reflect on a bruising set of elections that turned out to be even tougher than they had anticipated. a pessimistic prediction of losing 1000 seats exceeded. they lost control of 48 councils. rishi sunak pleaded down, saying he wasn t detecting any massive groundswell of movement towards labour and he would concentrate on his pledges for government. but labour has now gained more than 500 counsellors and 32 councils. like in linden. and in stoke on trent. the places that would be crucial in a general election. so keir starmer says the
a general election. helen catt, bbc news. junior doctors in scotland have voted overwhelmingly to go on strike for three days, as part of an ongoing pay dispute with the scottish government. the british medical association scotland, has called for its members to receive a 23.5% pay increase, which is above inflation. holyrood previously said this was simply unaffordable. strike action is expected to affect planned operations, clinics and gp appointments. the world health organization has declared that covid 19 no longer represents a global health emergency . since january 2020, more than 765 million confirmed covid infections have been recorded worldwide. the head of the world health organization said at least seven million people died in the pandemic, but the actual number could be closer to 20 million. vaccines, they say,
expect it and any other parliament. there are more labour mps saying they are standing down. i would not read too much into that. people will inevitably read a lot into it but i think if you look at the hard numbers of votes in chester, they don t necessarily suggest that the conservatives are going to lose the next general election. ., going to lose the next general election. . . , , . election. again, it depends which intel and analysis election. again, it depends which intel and analysis you election. again, it depends which intel and analysis you read. - election. again, it depends which intel and analysis you read. i- election. again, it depends which | intel and analysis you read. i have read various things already this morning. sajid javid has been a big name in the conservative party and has had held some big ministerial posts. it is quite a loss in terms of the experience you sort of taken away. of the experience you sort of taken awa . ~ , ,., y of the experience
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