Labour is set to be “annihilated” in Lancashire after the local elections U-turn earlier this week.
The northern county has the highest number of reinstated elections following the Government’s U-turn on Monday which saw 30 English council elections due to take place in May.
Labour officials in the county fear the party will be “annihilated” when the elections happen in May, according to The Guardian.
This comes after Steve Reed scrapped plans to cancel 30 council elections after Reform UK threatened with a legal challenge.
The reason for the cancellation was due to local councils are reorganising to adopt the unitary structure.
In Lancashire, two councils are already unitary authorities, whilst 12 other districts have the two-tier structure.
After the Government’s U-turn, seven councils in the northern county will now have elections in May that they previously were not prepared for: Burnley, Blackburn, Hyndburn, Pendle, Chorley, West Lancashire and Preston.
