Published: May 05, 2023, 24:05 IST | Updated: May 05, 2023, 24:05 IST
After a year of political scandals, skyrocketing inflation, and sluggish economic growth, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's Conservatives were facing a dismal set of local election results on Friday. The council results in England will be the biggest and potentially final test of voter opinion before the anticipated 2019 general election, despite the fact that governing parties frequently struggle at mid-term elections.