Overall, looking at the whole country, it is a test conditioned by many territorial variables: from
Brexit
to the repercussions of the pandemic from
Covid
passing through the effects of
sanctions triggered by the Russian invasion of Ukraine
, as well as numerous internal problems in the various areas of the island. To weigh on the loss of support of the British premier also it
Partygate scandal
on the gatherings organized in Downing Street in violation of the anti Covid restrictions between 2020 and 2021 (for one of which he was fined by the police).
The opposition Labor Party gained control of Wandsworth, Barnet and Westminster
, three London boroughs long run by conservatives. The results have yet to come from the rest of England (where there are more than 4 thousand seats up for grabs) and from all over Scotland and Wales (where more than a thousand seats are at stake for each). In Northern Ireland, voters are electing the new 90-seat Assembly. Polls suggest that the Irish nationalist party Sinn Fein could win a majority of the seats and the premiership, in what would be a historic victory. There
election campaign
was dominated by
rising food and fuel prices
,
which made it soar
household bills
. Opposition parties call on the government to do more to alleviate the cost of living crisis caused by the war in Ukraine, the end of the Covid-19 pandemic and the economic aftershocks of Britain’s exit from the Union European.
Both center-left Labor and center Liberal Democrats support a tax on energy companies
, which reported record profits amid skyrocketing oil and gas prices. Johnson’s conservative government argues that taxing large companies like Shell and BP would discourage much-needed investment in renewable energy, which is key to meeting the UK’s climate commitments.
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