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8 April 2019updated 07 Jun 2021 1:18pm

Theresa May unveils a local election campaign about bins, not Brexit. Will it work?

By Patrick Maguire

The Conservatives have released their first party election broadcast ahead of next month’s local elections – and unsurprisingly it is bins, not Brexit, that are the defining theme.

Shown for the first time this evening, the broadcast attempts to frame the 2 May poll as a purely local contest. 

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