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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

Bulgaria votes as pro-Russian former president leads in the polls

election to another without getting anything done,” said Bogomil Bardarski, a 72-year-old metalworker who voted in the capital, Sofia. Opinion polls on Friday suggested Radev’s Progressive Bulgaria party would secure about

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

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