This week, hundreds of thousands of voters will head to the poll field as greater than 8,000 council seats in England are contested in native elections.

The vote would be the final huge electoral check of public opinion earlier than the subsequent basic election.

On the Sky News Daily, Niall Paterson is joined by Sky's political correspondent Sam Coates to debate the important thing issues to look out for, what's at stake for the important thing events, and what the outcomes will imply for the final election.

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