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London mayor attacks decision to sideline city in spending review, arguing it has some of UK’s worst deprivation Ministers must not “stumble into the trap of putting our towns and cities against each other”, Sadiq Khan will say, as he delivers a bliste…
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…
Residents feel city is in decline and polls suggest Reform could take control of council from Labour next month“You can’t fix the system with the same hands that broke it,” Richie Vallance shouted through a megaphone from his mobility scooter. “Let’s m…
Andy Burnham hails ‘truly integrated, London-style’ system with fares calculated and capped automaticallyManchester will enjoy a transport network on “a footing with London, New York and Madrid” when contactless tap-in fares launch across its buses fro…
Exclusive: Relations said to be improving with Sadiq Khan and Andy Burnham, who praised Gray’s inputUK politics live – latest updatesKeir Starmer has cleared the air with some of his party’s most high-profile mayors after a crunch meeting in London fac…
West Midlands mayor says he remains committed to high-speed rail link to Manchester after suggestion he might quit over moveGlobal investors are laughing at the HS2 shamblesRishi Sunak announces scaling back of HS2UK politics live – latest updatesThe C…
Labour says HS2 costs almost trebled while Sunak was chief secretary to the Treasury, chancellor and then PMSusan Hall, the Conservative candidate for London mayor, has said she did not intend to cause any offence when she liked tweets praising Enoch P…
Hall’s election ends turbulent selection process in which several early favourites were excluded or stepped downUK politics live – latest updatesThe Conservatives have selected Susan Hall as their candidate for next year’s London mayoral election, with…
Leftwing regional mayor hits out at Keir Starmer over broken pledges in scathing resignation letterA leftwing regional mayor who has been blocked from being Labour’s representative to contest the north-east mayoralty has announced that he is resigning …