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Labour’s decision to delay some local elections means around three point seven million people will not get a vote this year. Critics say the move is politically motivated, with claims the party is wary of Reform UK. We went to the West Midlands town of Walsall to hear what people make of it.

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00:00As I understand it, they've not actually cancelled
00:05the elections as such, but they've given local councils the...
00:10the opportunity to do so, and that's been their choice.
00:13And I believe there are...
00:16...councils amongst all the different political parties
00:19have actually...
00:20...councils.
00:21So, that's their choice.
00:23Yeah, I think... I think they are running...
00:25...yeah, and I think it is politically motivated.
00:29We've seen that.
00:30In the news recently with Andy Burnham.
00:33He's... he's...
00:34He's put a...
00:35...a block on him for some reason.
00:36I think there is probably an element of the...
00:40...political bias in making that decision.
00:44And that'll all...
00:45...so if there are particular reasons.
00:47There's just too many empty promises made by loads of different...
00:50...you know...
00:51Parties and...
00:52...I just don't follow it anymore.
00:54It's just not...
00:55I think most people are the same predicaments, aren't they?
00:57You know...
00:58You just don't know who to put faith in anymore.
01:00You know...
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