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Exclusive: government fears further electoral losses from unpopular policy as well as from planned £5bn of benefits cutsDowning Street is rethinking its controversial winter fuel payment cut amid growing anxiety at the top of government that the policy…
Health secretary asks public to give government time as he calls Farage’s party a ‘serious opposition force’Politics live – latest updatesWes Streeting has said Reform is a real threat and could replace the Conservatives as the main opposition party by…
Success of hard-right party is a ‘sobering day’ for Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch, UK papers report after a ‘populist wave sweeps England’Saturday papers in the UK were dominated by the Reform party’s victory at the polls, in which it gained an MP at …
Hard-right party wins byelection with 17-point swing from Labour and adds more than 500 council seats Local elections: full mayoral and council resultsNigel Farage claimed he had broken the grip of Britain’s two main political parties as Reform UK gain…
Backbenchers accuse PM and his team of complacency, questioning policies and why he did not visit RuncornEnglish local elections – latest updatesKeir Starmer is under fire from Labour MPs after losing his first byelection in government to Nigel Farage’…
Runcorn win was much bigger than polls implied, suggesting overall effectiveness of ground campaignResults come in from across England – follow liveFor the last few months, Nigel Farage has been promising to professionalise his Reform UK party, saying …
Doncaster mayor warns PM after rightwing party secures wins in Lincolnshire, Runcorn and string of county councilsEnglish local elections – latest updatesFull mayoral and council results for EnglandKeir Starmer has been warned to “start listening” by a…
This liveblog is now closed. See all of our local elections coverage hereLocal elections: full mayoral and council resultsStarmer under fire from Labour MPs after Runcorn loss‘They really are all horrible’: political anger marks Reform UK’s Runcorn win…
First mayoral race results expected around 2am with important Runcorn and Helsby byelection result about an hour laterPolls have closed across England for local and mayoral elections, as well as a key parliamentary byelection, with the first results du…
Labour face first electoral test since general election with more than 1,600 council seats up for grabsIs your council up for election and what’s at stake?One of the signs that Bluesky is functioning as a decent alternative to Elon Musk’s X is the fact…