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Keir Starmer tells aides party will win next election, even as pollsters suggest it could fall short of majorityEngland local elections – latest updatesKeir Starmer has told Labour staffers to prepare for government after a set of local election result…
Tory losses worse than expected, while Labour’s wins in Midlands and army towns suggest progress in urban southEngland local elections – latest updatesLabour’s performance looked a lot better at dawn than it did at 3am. Every year recently, the very ea…
Party takes Mid Suffolk council from Conservatives as local election results surpass expectationsEngland local elections – latest updatesThe Greens have won majority control of a council for the first time in the UK amid a triumphant set of local elect…
Party takes back control of council in ‘red wall’ territory it aims to regain at next general electionIt was clear that a decisive win in Stoke-on-Trent was very important to Keir Starmer. In the weeks running up to the election, the Labour party poure…
Lib Dems urge Derbyshire police to investigate clip of Johnson urging Conservatives to voteEngland local elections – latest updatesBoris Johnson could add to his record of minor criminal misdemeanours after being filmed inside a moving car while appare…
Despite attempts at positive spin, with Labour now in ascendancy PM will be looking over his shoulderEngland local elections – latest updates“What I’m hearing on the doorstep is that people are giving Rishi Sunak a chance,” the Conservative party’s cha…
Lib Dem Chris Twells’ shock win in Cotswolds prompts calls to close loophole in electoral lawA Liberal Democrat councillor in Salford says he will resign after winning a second seat in the Cotswolds thanks to a loophole in electoral law.Chris Twells, w…
Find out the scale of Conservative losses and the gains made by Labour, the Lib Dems and the Green party• Latest reporting and analysis• About these electionsOn 4 May, 230 English councils are holding elections with more than 8,000 seats being conteste…
Rishi Sunak can’t revive his party, says leader of Lib Dems, after series of council gains from ConservativesEngland local elections – latest updatesRishi Sunak has shown he is unable to revive the Conservative brand, Ed Davey has argued after the Libe…
If you are a Conservative MP worried about the next general election, the results thus far will cause alarmLocal elections 2023 – live updatesMore or less every time you turned on the radio or opened a newspaper in recent days a government minister was…