POLITICAL pressure mounted today for Local Government Secretary Steve Reed to resign over the May local election U-turn debacle.The Westminster Labour government abandoned its plans to postpone elections across 30 councils in England on Monday after receiving advice from lawyers following a legal challenge.Communist Party of Britain general secretary Alex Gordon said: “Calls by Nigel Farage and Kemi Badenoch for Steve Reed to resign cannot be dismissed as opportunism by opposition politicians.

POLITICAL pressure mounted today for Local Government Secretary Steve Reed to resign over the May local election U-turn debacle.

The Westminster Labour government abandoned its plans to postpone elections across 30 councils in England on Monday after receiving advice from lawyers following a legal challenge.

Communist Party of Britain general secretary Alex Gordon said: “Calls by Nigel Farage and Kemi Badenoch for Steve Reed to resign cannot be dismissed as opportunism by opposition politicians.

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