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UK long-term borrowing costs reach 28-year high

Labour Party is expected to lose hundreds of council seats, and face challenging national elections in Scotland and Wales. Over the weekend there was also widespread speculation about possible leadership challenges. The government points

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

impact on Sir Keir’s role? Given S Times comment re 1500 losses and ‘nervous breakdown’ this is bad news for Sir Keir and Labour. > > **Reform** will be biggest gainer from both Labour and Conservatives

Green party threat to Labour in London laid bare in Starmer’s own back yard

lose its majority, though there is a high element of unpredictability in a race where five parties are fielding an almost full slate. Another unknown is how much accusations of antisemitism will hurt Polanski

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

council seats it is defending, as well as losing power in Wales and failing to beat the SNP in Scotland. But she warned restive MPs there would be “no one change” that would lead

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

impact in Wales and Scotland of Sir Keir Starmer's woes? "It's just so huge," says a senior Labour MP who's been knocking on voters' doors in recent days. But these elections aren

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

lose 1,900 councillors on 7 May – 74% of the number of seats the party currently holds that are up for re-election. Such a result would be the worst local election performance