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The Conservatives have made extensive gains in the local elections, largely at the expense of Labour.

In Scotland, Labour has failed to retain control of its former stronghold of Glasgow.

The SNP's Humza Yousaf, Scottish Government Minister for Transport and the Islands, tells The World at One
that due to the Labour vote collapsing, the unionist vote went to the Conservatives, which allowed the SNP to sweep up the "pro- independence vote".

(Image: Angela Constance and Humza Yousaf of the SNP after being sworn in at Scottish Parliament in 2016
Credit: Getty Images)