UK local polls may deepen pressure on Starmer

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer. FILE PIC

British voters will cast ballots today in elections that could hasten the end of Prime Minister Keir Starmer's troubled term and confirm that an increasingly fractured United Kingdom has entered an era of messy multiparty politics.

Starmer's centre-left Labour Party is expected to take a battering in elections for local authorities across England and for semi-autonomous legislatures in Scotland and Wales.

With the prime minister's popularity in the doldrums, rival parties are framing Thursday's votes as a referendum on Starmer and his 2-year-old government.

"Vote Reform, Get Starmer Out" is the campaign slogan of the hard-right party Reform UK. The next national election does not have to be held until 2029, but a wipeout could tip a restive Labour Party to revolt against Starmer.

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