Two years after a landslide victory that ended 14 years of Conservative rule, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer faces a tough test in Thursday’s local elections. His ruling Labour party is expected to suffer its worst result in decades, with both the Green Party and Reform tipped to make major gains. Scotland is also heading to the polls, where the Iran war has reignited debate over whether the UK should extract more oil and gas from the North Sea. Paul Hawkins reports from Aberdeen.