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Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer take their wives on the local election trail

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Current Mayor of London and Labour party candidate Sadiq Khan with his wife Saadiya Khan, at the polling station at St Alban's Church, south London, to cast his vote in the local and London Mayoral election. The pair brought along their playful dog.

Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer took their wives on the local election trail today as they brace for the verdict of voters.

The premier is hoping that Mr Houchen and Andy Street in the West Mids can hold on to give him positive news to trumpet. Polls have give Mr Khan a significant lead over against Tory challenger Susan Hall despite backlash on crime and policing issues - although some believe the final result might be closer.

He told Sky News' Politics Hub: 'Tony Blair easily lost those amounts of councillors. And, you know, David Cameron lost hundreds of councillors in the run up to the 2015 general election.'But what we say to people is, look, this may be a moment when you want to express a view about the national picture but actually the local services you depend on will be decided by how you vote.'

Polling guru Sir John Curtice told an Institute for Government event yesterday that the Conservative Party was emphasising the two contests because they can 'cover whatever disasters happen elsewhere'.'Equally, conversely here in London, Sadiq Khan will not do as well as the Labour Party would do in a general election because Sadiq has a negative personal vote. But this city is now so strong Labour, he's going to win anyway,' he said.

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