Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images To understand the scale of Labour’s problem in 2026, you only need to look at 2025. Polling in the mid-20s, the party went on to lose two-thirds of its seats in the English local elections – the worst result in living memory. Today, Labour is polling around 19 per cent. The party must defend boroughs across London, the West Midlands, the North East and the North West. Not to mention the devolved elections in Scotland and Wales. There are just over 5,000 English council seats up for grabs this year. Labour is defending more than 2,500 of them and looks unlikely to retain even a third. The Britain Elects forecast is brutal. It suggests Labour could fall from first to fifth, winning just 616 seats – a loss of around 1,941. Reform is projected to triumph with more than 1,500 seats. The Greens could surge from a handful to more than 1,000. The Conservatives are expected to lose just under half their seats, while the Lib Dems may add a few dozen.…