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

local elections Photograph: ITV’s Peston And this is how Hayward explains it in his summary. > double quotation mark**England** all figures given are net losses and gains > > **Labour** will **lose 1850** seats > > The losses

Labour claims Reform UK won’t protect women, as poll suggests Farage’s party heading for ‘seismic’ wins in May – UK politics live

local elections are just over three weeks away, and Labour is using this announcement as a platform to attack Reform UK, saying that Nigel Farage’s party can’t be trusted to stand

Rachel Reeves considering rent freeze to limit Iran war fallout

impact of much higher inflation triggered by the Iran war and the closure of the strait of Hormuz. The International Monetary Fund [warned this month](https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/apr/14/iran-war-global-recession-imf-uk-growth-forecasts-oil-prices) that the UK would suffer the sharpest

Wednesday briefing: Where Starmer stands after another precarious day in Parliament

impact of an electoral wipeout in the upcoming elections might change things, says Kiran. Historical losses are forecast in Scotland, Wales and London for Labour to the Greens, Reform and nationalist parties. --- **Waiting

Relish and dread as Starmer 'shambles' hangs over Scotland and Wales elections

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

Labour expected to lose Senedd after century of winning elections in Wales

loss in Wales would have political significance of historic proportions. A former Welsh government minister told BBC Wales that if the results were "as bad as predicted" then UK Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer should

Lucy Powell says Labour has ‘no magic bullet’ as MPs brace for heavy losses in local elections

local elections. [Lucy Powell](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/lucy-powell) told the Guardian she understood there was “huge anger and despondency” from Labour MPs in the aftermath of the Peter Mandelson vetting scandal, but said the prime minister

Thursday briefing: ​Why the US president is losing support from crucial allies

Labour MP called on Starmer to quit. 2. ***Middle East*** | [Iranian forces seized two ships](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/22/iranian-forces-ships-seized-strait-of-hormuz-us-peace-talks) in the strait of Hormuz as the US and Iran doubled down on imposing separate blockades

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

losses will only add to the concerns within Labour. Here is every area with an election on 7 May — 136 local councils in England, plus the Welsh and Scottish parliaments. Labour currently controls 66 areas