Millions of voters in the United Kingdom will get their chance to have a say on how politicians have handled the pandemic and Brexit on Thursday, in regional and local elections.
Voters in Scotland and Wales will also choose new parliaments.
The UK’s governing Conservatives may have been criticised for their handling of COVID-19, but their vaccination programme has given them a huge boost.
Al Jazeera's Rory Challands reports from Hartlepool in northeast England.

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