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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

Welsh Labour faces ‘existential’ change as party braces for May election defeat

UK nations in several key metrics. About 20% of Welsh NHS patients have to wait more than a year for hospital treatment, compared with about 4% in England. Welsh children’s reading, maths and science

Falklands claim: Can Argentina’s Milei use Trump ties to challenge the UK?

conservative politician — as a political role model. The UK ultimately won the war, in which 655 Argentinian and 255 British servicemen were killed. ## What has Milei said recently? While Milei’s mostly left-wing predecessors

Mapped: the elections that could deliver ‘unprecedented’ losses for Labour

result would be the worst local election performance for any prime minister since comparable data began. Starmer already has the poorest local election performance of modern prime ministers — but 2026 could be worse Biggest losses