Voters head to polls in last test for UK's Sunak before national election
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00:00A litmus test in British politics.
00:04Voters in England and Wales are casting their ballots in local polls.
00:09Thursday's vote includes local, mayoral as well as police and crime commissioner elections.
00:15While the issues on the ballot are local, the timing of the vote is set to ensure the
00:18outcome is viewed through a national lens.
00:22Britain's opposition Labour Party is hoping Thursday's vote will confirm what polls have
00:27shown for the past two years.
00:29If proven right, Conservatives are headed for their biggest ever electoral defeat.
00:35On the eve of the vote, the British Prime Minister and Labour Party leader traded barbs
00:39in Parliament.
00:40It's higher taxes, more crime and you less with Labour, or it's lower taxes and better
00:45services with the Conservatives.
00:46That's the choice.
00:47From West Midlands to Teesside to London, there is only one choice.
00:52The reality is Tory MPs are following Tory voters in concluding that only the Labour
00:58Party can deliver the change that the country needs.
01:03Results of Thursday's elections will start to trickle in early Friday and run through
01:07the end of the weekend.
01:09Labour's Sadiq Khan, meanwhile, is expected to win his race and secure a historic third
01:14term as mayor of London.