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Why town with low immigration turned to Reform UK
Immigration is now the top concern for voters across the country according to YouGov. But that is apparent even in small towns like Buxton, that has very little immigration.
In May, Reform UK won in one Buxton county council ward and came a close second to the Conservatives in the other.
It is 250 miles from here to Dover, where the small boats arrive, and there are no hotels in Buxton housing asylum seekers.
Our social affairs correspondent, Michael Buchanan, reports on how national concerns affected a local election in the heart of the Peak District.
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