London politics
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15 hours agoA battle of step counts for votes in Merton
Labour and Liberal Democrats are intensifying efforts to secure votes in Merton ahead of the May local council elections.
The group practiced a conversation with faux voters, with some new members still getting comfortable reading from the script. They were soon dispatched in pairs to the Sunset District to find actual voters.
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