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

local elections in Birmingham could not be more different. Tilsley, now a Lib Dem, faces afragmented field with candidates from Labour, the Conservatives, Greens, Reform and Independents all competing for his seat and no party

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

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

result of the war in the Middle East. ## In depth: ‘Extreme, hateful, violent attitudes have become normalised’  Protesters yesterday gathered to heckle Keir Starmer