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Winners, losers and a PM on the brink - what to expect in next week's elections

ministers - try if you like, but I'll fight you to stay. Starmer's camp is overtly rejecting any notion that he might, as Theresa May was forced to do, put a sell-by date

Can CCTV really stop children being abused in nurseries?

first time she'd ever eaten summer fruit pudding - and she loved it. She just loved everything." In 2022, Katie and John Meehan's nine-month-old daughter, Genevieve, died at a nursery in Stockport

Polls close in elections across England, Scotland and Wales

minister. In what is seen as the first true multiparty battle, Reform UK and the Green party are expected to make significant gains at the expense of Westminster’s two biggest parties in England, while

Australia scrambles to secure energy as war on Iran fuels uncertainty

becoming expensive has a very perverted effect, where you end up increasing reliance on the thing that is most acutely causing the pain in society.” Elected in the wake of [devastating bushfires](/news/2020/7/28/nearly-3-billion-animals-killed-or-displaced-by-australia-fires

Polanski says two-party politics 'dead' after election gains for Greens

Wales leader said his belief they could replace Labour was being backed up by results at the ballot box. They took control of Norwich, Hastings and the London borough of Waltham Forest, as well

2026 elections mapped: how Labour lost ground in different directions

first time since the Welsh parliament was created in 1999. The party’s vote share fell by more than half, enough to push it into third place, with Plaid Cymru surging to become the largest

Why Labour's London squeeze exposes a fragmented modern British politics

minister. It also provides an insight into the dilemma Labour faces about which direction to take, and a warning of the fate that might await the party at the next general election

Keir Starmer's party lost big in U.K. local elections. Here's what comes next.

Minister said he was "not going to walk away," and added: "I'm not going to plunge the country into chaos." ![Britain's Reform Party leader Nigel Farage enjoys an ice-cream after casting

Move over wind farms: why some argue cutting costs is the best way to cut carbon

becoming larger, more complex and more expensive. Some of those costs are already showing up in bills. Expanding the grid - building new pylons and power lines - is pushing up network charges. There are also "balancing

First Thing: US-Iran ceasefire at risk after exchange of fire in strait of Hormuz

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 suspended death sentences,** in the latest [purge of military leaders.](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/08/china-defence-ministers-corruption-military-leaders-purge) - **The US trade court on Thursday

Cabinet ministers warn mutinous MPs over ousting Keir Starmer

Wales after a century of domination, leaving thousands of angry local politicians who see themselves as victims of the government’s unpopularity. Before they headed to their constituencies last week, MPs were gripped by speculation

Why has the assisted dying bill failed?

Wales is set to run out of time to become law when a final debate ends in the House of Lords on Friday. In its current form, the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill

Iran offers Hormuz deal without nuclear talks, as it seeks broader buy-in

Wales said the US “will not negotiate through the press” and would “only make a deal that puts the American people first, never allowing Iran to have a nuclear weapon”. But it is unclear whether

Friday briefing: How rising antisemitism is striking fear into the everyday lives of British Jews

first in a series of arson attacks that include the [firebombing of a synagogue](https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/apr/20/arrests-arson-attack-synagogue-kenton-north-west-london) and community symbols across the capital. And police have been investigating groups backed by the Iranian regime

'We need to move quickly,' says Labour MP seeking to challenge PM

Wales. Labour came joint second in Scotland, where the SNP retained control of the Parliament. West, a former junior minister, is not bidding to be the next Labour leader and prime minister herself

Single-sex space guidance for organisations to be published after May elections

minister Bridget Phillipson has said. Updated draft guidance was submitted by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) on Monday, but election rules mean the government is "unable to make further announcements on the matter

From Mumford & Sons to ‘free speech’ YouTuber: Winston Marshall’s dramatic career change

first mention on Fox News - [Tucker Carlson](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/21/tucker-carlson-regrets-trump-support), then the network’s controversial figurehead, took an interest in his treatment. His case briefly became a “cancel culture” cause célèbre. Marshall [quit the band

Timeline: The highs and lows of the US-UK ‘special relationship’

Wales in Placentia Bay, Newfoundland, in August 1941 for their first conference during World War II [File: Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images] ## 1956: Suez Canal crisis France and the UK quietly coordinated with Israel to launch

'We will kill you and burn your house': Council staff under attack from High Street gangs

first time, the CTSI has also logged where it believes High Street crime gangs are operating most. The data reveals criminality in big cities, but also in smaller towns - including Great Yarmouth in Norfolk

NI to be first part of UK to offer free sign language classes for deaf children

become the first part of the UK to provide free sign language classes to all deaf children and their families, through a new sign language law being passed on Tuesday. [The Sign Language Bill