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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
gain some councils too. The veteran academic of London's politics, Tony Travers, a politics professor at the London School of Economics, says the capital may be about to witness a "political earthquake
Reform UK has made inroads in England’s local elections.** Results have not yet been declared in [Scotland and Wales.](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-interactive/2026/may/07/local-elections-2026-may-full-results-england-scotland-wales#Scotland-banner) - **Two former China defence ministers have been convicted of corruption and handed
UK’s local and mayoral election campaign launch in Birmingham. Photograph: Jack Taylor/Alamy However, favourable mentions of the machine appear most concentrated among Reform politicians. A month ago, Anderson [posted a video](https://www.facebook.com/LeeAndersoninAshfieldMansfield/videos/pothole-proas-promisedlook-here-/1322461296645874/)
gains in the capital and could come first in as many as eight of London’s 32 councils. The party’s ratings have steadily improved since Polanski was elected leader in a landslide victory
gain hundreds of seats, with top projections putting the figure at 1,700. The pollsters More In Common expect the Lib Dems to take the newly created East and West Surrey councils
Local authorities in Wales have legal duties towards those who are homeless, and what help is given depends on circumstances. Home Office figures showed that, as of the end of December 2025, 128 asylum seekers
local contests there are the Liberal Democrats, there is Reform UK, there is the Green Party of England and Wales and there are often competitive independents too. In the devolved elections, in Wales there
Gains for the Conservatives, who have long held enclaves in outer London, cannot be ruled out either. A [poll circulated among Labour MPs in March](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/mar/06/labour-urged-listen-progressive-voters-or-face-political-earthquake-london) showed the Tories regaining Barnet from Labour
local tests in England, and national ballots in Wales and Scotland - votes another cabinet minister frets "will be a disaster". We've been travelling around Wales this week, and Scotland last week, talking