Liberal Democrats

On steel on Tuesday, the Liberal Democrats alleged that Welsh workers were being treated as second-class citizens, the Welsh Conservatives complained of a "completely different attitude" to Welsh steel and Plaid Cymru accused UK Labour of taking Welsh voters for granted.

However, the Liberal Democrats are hoping to make gains at the expense of the Tories there, as well as in other parts of south England like Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Kent, where leader Sir Ed Davey is spending the final day of campaigning.

The Liberal Democrats have called for the the government to focus on implementing all 20 of the recommendations made by the Jay inquiry.

Which then leaves us with Reform UK, the Liberal Democrats, the Green Party and an often overlooked element of local English democracy – independents.

Later in the day on Friday, the emphasis will shift somewhat, as local authorities particularly but not exclusively in the south of England do their counting, and the Liberal Democrats will be looking to make extensive gains against the Conservatives in particular and we will be able to assess if the Green Party's collection of councillors has grown again.