LBC's Liam Gotting traveled to one of the hardest hit cities in the UK by the cost of living crisis to see if Labour could maintain its historic hold over local politics.

Sir Keir Starmer's Labour is battling Reform and the Green Party at both sides in this week's local election as he fights for his future, while Scottish and Welsh nationalists are looking to make history.

Labour MPs are reportedly discussing plans to push for Sir Keir Starmer to resign in an open letter if the party is drubbed in the votes on Thursday.

The Reform and Green parties are looking to make massive inroads into Labour seats in the vote to pile pressure on the prime minister, two years after he was elected in the general election.

Elections are scheduled to take place for all 32 London borough councils, 32 metropolitan boroughs, 18 unitary authorities, six county councils, 50 district councils, and six directly elected mayors in England.

Meanwhile, voters will elect 96 members to the Welsh Parliament and Scottish voters will elect 129 MSPs. A win for the Welsh nationalists, Plaid Cymru, could end 27 years of Labour rule, while the SNP is looking to use the election as a springboard for an independence push.

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