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- Norfolk County Council, led by the Conservative Party, requested a last-minute delay to May's election.
- Labour Party announced plans that could disenfranchise 4.5 million voters.
- Critics, including Nigel Farage of Reform UK, condemned the delay as a denial of democracy, calling Labour's Sir Keir Starmer a dictator.
- The Telegraph launched Campaign for Democracy, urging changes to the Local Government Act requiring parliamentary approval for election delays.
