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Reform UK asks steel bosses to draft ‘alternative strategy’ for industry

local elections on 7 May, in which the party is hoping to make gains in areas that have experienced decades of manufacturing job losses. Wales is a particular focus. The party is polling almost level

Campaigning sprint finish ahead of elections around Britain tomorrow

local issues – such as fixing the church roof or cleaning up sewage from rivers. But the Liberal Democrats no longer dominate as perhaps they used to as the most obvious alternative in lots of places

‘Grotesque’: parties criticise Reform UK plan to set up migrant detention centres in Green-voting areas

gains, such as one-time Labour strongholds in London and other cities. “Reform are a very modern political party, which farms outrage and wants people to be angry, so in a low turnout election

‘This is not the country I moved to’: the British Indians showing support for Nigel Farage

local elections on 7 May. The 2021 census found British Asians made up almost half the population in the north-west London borough, which has been seen as a Conservative stronghold in recent years

John Curtice: Early results show how fragmented UK politics has become

UK politics has become The overnight local election results have confirmed that, for the time being at least, electoral politics in Britain has become highly fragmented. Reform are certainly the winners. The party

Cracks showing for Labour close to back yards of Starmer’s top team

local ward of Kentish Town. In Sunderland, the education secretary Bridget Phillipson’s patch, Reform won full control of the city council. In Wigan, the culture secretary Lisa Nandy’s constituency, Reform

Local election campaigning enters final week as forecaster warns Labour could lose 1,850 English seats –UK politics live

UK politics live Good morning. We are now into the final week of campaigning for the Scottish parliament, Welsh Senedd and English local elections. Keir Starmer had been planning a big speech today

Birmingham is awash with local election candidates – but will result be a ‘coalition of chaos’?

UK had an unpopular Labour government facing an economic crisis, tensions around immigration and US pressure to back military action abroad. Such a backdrop may seem familiar, but this May, the all-out local elections

Hereditary peers' last hurrah as 700-year-old system abolished

reformed second chamber that enjoyed the support and respect of the modern public, without threatening the authority of the House of Commons. "When I was negotiating with Tony Blair all those years

Apps, activists and an ‘air war’: Essex campaign is test of Reform UK’s professionalisation

UK leader. For Farage, this was the latest stop in a midweek tour of half a dozen towns in [Essex](https://www.theguardian.com/uk/essex), where more than 1m county council votes are up for grabs. Barring

Restore Britain party refunds crypto project's donations

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage, a keen advocate of the crypto industry, has said in the past that his party would welcome them. But last month, [the UK government said it](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y8d2qvr9do) would

Could Lib Dems become the biggest party in English local government?

UK politics is now so different, so atomised, to make headline polling almost irrelevant. One senior Lib Dem said: “A lot of people seem to be misreading the way things are going. We think

Six things to watch out for in the Scottish election

local strongholds in the balance, familiar faces fighting to hold onto their seats and the future direction of Scottish politics at stake, every party has a part to play in this story. What should

How Labour’s ‘terrible’ night unfolded as Reform surges and Greens and Lib Dems hail wins

UK](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/brexit-party) became increasingly apparent. By the early hours, the BBC’s election analyst John Curtice noted, Reform had claimed 45% of all council seats that had been declared so far. On Friday

UK voters head to the polls in local elections

gains, dealing a heavy blow to the governing Labour Party. The elections will determine the composition of some 5,000 local council seats, a number of mayoral positions across England, as well as seats

Starmer’s unpopularity was insurmountable for Scottish Labour – and a boon for Reform

UK](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/brexit-party) will take turns. The newly elected SNP MSP Ivan McKee thanked voters in his Glasgow constituency “for rejecting those that seek to divide our communities”, but despite making fewer inroads than

Labour’s disastrous night puts focus on Keir Starmer’s future as leader

UK](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/brexit-party). The result has once more put Starmer’s leadership in question. “I think the very best thing the prime minister could do now is address the nation tomorrow

Cameo, speeches, pushing gold bullion: how Farage has made millions since becoming an MP

local elections tour, far outpacing both Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch with his campaign visits.  Farage arriving for campaign event in College Green, Westminster, on Wednesday. Photograph: Leon

Voters contend with ‘grotesque’ leaflets and ‘dodgy’ data in English elections

gains in Ealing”, and was “a common method of trying to make that point during an election campaign”, it said. A leaflet from the [Green party in Gateshead](https://electionleaflets.org/leaflets/22369/) shows Reform

Man who heckled Shabana Mahmood dismisses ‘laughable’ white liberal claim

local elections, in a twin bid to tackle the climate crisis and fight the far right. Joe pointed to recent statistics suggesting 90,000 vulnerable young people could be kept in poverty by Mahmood