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Here's the Mancunian Way for today: Hello, People up and down the country yesterday popped into churches, community centres and school gyms to vote in this year’s local elections.
With votes still being counted, the reaction will go into the weekend as the full picture starts to become clear but it's not been a great result for the Tories with the party experiencing a 'bruising night' by losing at least 787 seats across the country.
As expected, Labour has maintained its tight grip on Manchester council. We'll get into all of that shortly, but it’s been a different election this year with voter ID becoming the norm for the first time.
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