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Nigel Farage has vowed to struggle Labour’s “denial of democracy” within the High Courts after the cancellation of 30 native elections.

Reform UK’s chief warned tens of millions of individuals have been stripped of their proper to vote.

He mentioned: “Today, Keir Starmer has colluded with Labour and Tory councils to cancel 30 council elections on May 7th. Millions of people’s right to vote has been taken away. Reform UK are fighting this denial of democracy in the High Court.”

Mr Farage will legally problem Labour’s bid to cancel the native elections in May by launching a judicial evaluation.

Housing, Communities and Local Government Secretary Steve Reed insisted he had “imposed nothing” and that the native election cancellations have been “locally-led”.

Arguing that the Conservatives additionally delayed native elections, he mentioned: “Unlike him (James Cleverly), I have imposed nothing. This was a locally-led approach…I was guided by local councils who came to me with their views.”

Councillors in areas the place elections are postponed could have their phrases prolonged, Mr Reed mentioned.

City councils in Lincoln, Exeter, Norwich, Peterborough and Preston are among the many authorities the place votes won’t happen on May 7, alongside a number of districts comparable to Cannock Chase, Harlow, Welwyn Hatfield and West Lancashire.

Polling day has additionally been postponed for county council voters in East Sussex, West Sussex, Norfolk and Suffolk.

Elections will go forward after a 12 months’s delay for voters in some areas, together with to elect councillors to Essex County Council, Hampshire County Council and Isle of Wight Council.

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has plans to finish a two-tier system of native authorities all through a lot of England, the place district and county councils tackle totally different duties in the identical space.

This system can be changed with a set of single-tier “unitary” authorities.

“Once the new unitary councils are agreed, we will hold elections to them in 2027,” Mr Reed mentioned.