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Starmer on the line as UK holds "most important local election in decades"

Starmer on the line as UK holds "most important local election in decades"
France 24 Thursday 18 June 2026, 09:48 UTC By FRANCE24 1 min read
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To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. Starmer on the line as UK holds "most important local election in decades" Europe Issued on: Share Keir Starmer isn’t on the ballot, but the U.K. prime minister’s future is on the line in a special election on June 18. Voters in the Makerfield district of northwest England are electing a new lawmaker. The leading contender is Andy Burnham, the current Labour mayor of Greater Manchester and the favourite to be the next prime minister. FRANCE 24's Benedicte Paviot explains why.
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