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many of their most traditional areas”. Reform UK has also gained more than 500 seats and four councils as it looks to mount a serious challenge to Labour in the next UK general election, expected
Reform UK, which began from a standing start, having not contested the previous elections for these councils, and now has almost 400 councillors with undoubtedly many more to come. The size of losses and gains
many to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK, which made big gains across the Midlands and the north as well as taking seats from the Tories in the south. Labour was expected to take significant losses
councillor here to taking power would be one of Reform’s biggest achievements in Thursday’s polls. While encounters such as the one between Chillingworth and Farage reflect warmth towards Reform among many here
many national polls, with a rating barely changed from 2024. But Lib Dem bosses are sanguine, convinced that UK politics is now so different, so atomised, to make headline polling almost irrelevant. One senior
many to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK, which made large gains across the Midlands and the north as well as taking seats from the Tories in the south. After more than a century of domination
UK as a “historic shift in British politics” on a day when the populist party made gains at the expense of Labour and the Conservatives. Reform made advances in heartland areas of both parties, clocking
Reform UK will gain about 1,550 councillors and the Greens 500. If Starmer were to limp on after such losses, the temptation would be strong to get the cabinet support of Rayner as part
gaining ground on the left. In Wales, the Welsh nationalist political party Plaid Cymru is polling strongly – an unprecedented challenge in a nation Labour has dominated since the establishment of the Welsh parliament, the Senedd
UK is feeling confident in several parts of the city, with the Green Party and independents anticipating gains amid a rising tide of frustration. It means the make-up of the council - Labour currently holds
many parts of England, there would be no consideration of such a course. “To all the Labour members and volunteers who have supported local campaigns across the country: thank you,” he posted on X late
gain some councils too. The veteran academic of London's politics, Tony Travers, a politics professor at the London School of Economics, says the capital may be about to witness a "political earthquake
many great examples of using new technology to repair potholes faster and demonstrates how companies are harnessing new technology to repair potholes faster.”  the Lib Dems gaining 500 seats, with Labour losing
gaining at least 500 would be a decent ball park. To truly expand their place on the map, though, the Greens would love not just to pile up the number of seats but to take
councillors across London, including in boroughs such as Brent, Richmond upon Thames and Lambeth. But if the recent polling is correct, the Greens could finally take control of a council in the capital. Among
many MPs would be reluctant to do this. As one of them put it: "We have to be sure that when there is a contest we can have a candidate who can lead
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