Local election is delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic

    May's local and mayoral elections will be postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic.

    Prime Minister Boris Johnson has taken the decision because the polls would have coincided with the peak of the COVID-19 outbreak, reports Sky's deputy political editor Sam Coates.

    Residents of MK were supposed to cast their ballots on 7 May. It is not yet known when the rescheduled elections will be. 

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