No vote taken for granted

Reeves says people are desperate for change as UK is 'going backwards'

- MIKEY SMITH

PM IS BRACED FOR A POLLS BRUISING BUT LABOUR VOW: MAY 2nd Local elections

LABOUR are "fighting hard for every vote" in Thursday's local elections, Rachel Reeves says.

She insists the party is taking nothing for granted, despite the Tories already being braced for a drubbing.

And the Shadow Chancellor told us it would be "great" if rumours of a snap general election were true.

"We're ready, I think the country are more than ready," she said.

"Rishi Sunak is running scared of the voters. People want change, you can't hide from the voters forever." 

The Leeds West MP spoke while campaigning in the North East with Labour leader Keir Starmer and the party's prospective Darlington MP, Lola McEvoy, on Friday.