Labour faces a potentially bruising set of elections in London next May (Alamy) 7 min read1 hr Labour is steeling itself for bruising results nationwide at the May local elections. However, there’s one part of the country where party sources believe the scale of the electoral threat is going underappreciated: London. While poor showings in Wales and Scotland are expected, and may already be ‘baked in’ to Labour thinking, losses in Keir Starmer’s backyard – where many ministers also hold their constituencies – could be a real blow to the Prime Minister’s authority. This nervousness extends across the board, from City Hall to London Labour MPs and councillors on the ground. London has traditionally been seen as safe for Labour. The party currently controls around 65 per cent of the capital, with 21 of 32 councils. Yet this dominance is now threatened as the party slumps in national opinion polls and a multi-party system emerges. “We are bracing ourselves for a really bad set of results nationally,” said one Labour source, who said London is being “taken for granted” by the party high …