61 resultsfor “Reform UK gains against Labour”
Labour party suffered [heavy losses in local elections](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2026/may/07/elections-2026-local-scotland-wales-reform-green-labour-conservatives-live-news-updates) at the expense of Nigel Farage’s Reform party gains, while the Greens appeared to be struggling to convert increased votes into seats
gain political ground in highlighting that they have been falling for months. Her problem is that they are still high. As for Labour's handling of devolution, especially since a Labour government took over
Labour MPs are going to move against the prime minister. It's grave enough for Starmer's allies to be getting their lines out early - striking a defiant tone, telling me this morning
UK Health Secretary Wes Streeting said: "We're not having one." - [A simple guide to the Scottish election](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c93epyx91ydo) - [Who are the candidates in my area?](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2026/scotland/constituencies) - [Tell us about
Reform UK and the Green party are expected to make significant gains at the expense of Westminster’s two biggest parties in England, while the [Liberal Democrats](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/liberaldemocrats) could turn swathes of local
UK to dominate in Wales, with Labour staring at the prospect of losing [for the first time in a century](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9958227r38o). They have won every general election in Wales since 1922 and every
Labour leader Anas Sarwar, on the campaign trail in Edinburgh, told journalists he stood by his call for Sir Keir to resign over the Mandelson scandal, saying there were questions for Downing Street
gains, such as one-time Labour strongholds in London and other cities. “Reform are a very modern political party, which farms outrage and wants people to be angry, so in a low turnout election
Labour and the other parties to check the surge of [Reform UK](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/brexit-party) became increasingly apparent. By the early hours, the BBC’s election analyst John Curtice noted, Reform had claimed
UK](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/brexit-party) on the right as well as the Greens on the left. As of 7.30pm on Friday, there were at least 26 English councils where [Labour](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/labour) had dropped
UK, party leader Farage has been revelling in his lifelong political role as disruptor-in-chief, while fending off questions about the huge £5m gift from the British billionaire Christopher Harborne, which Farage didn
UK politics live Good morning. We are now into the final week of campaigning for the Scottish parliament, Welsh Senedd and English local elections. Keir Starmer had been planning a big speech today
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
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage, a keen advocate of the crypto industry, has said in the past that his party would welcome them. But last month, [the UK government said it](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y8d2qvr9do) would
Reform could win the most seats, the Welsh nationalists and Labour have ruled out going into coalition with Farage’s outfit. But the latest YouGov poll this week put Plaid Cymru on 36 seats, down
gaining ground from Labour and the Conservatives at the same time as avoiding losing any seats out of the back door to either Labour or the Lib Dems. A crucial question is whether the vote
UK politics is now so different, so atomised, to make headline polling almost irrelevant. One senior Lib Dem said: “A lot of people seem to be misreading the way things are going. We think
gains, dealing a heavy blow to the governing Labour Party. The elections will determine the composition of some 5,000 local council seats, a number of mayoral positions across England, as well as seats
Labour minister, whose links to Epstein were public knowledge at the time. Earlier, it emerged that Sir Keir appeared to have been advised to make Lord Mandelson go through security vetting before he was announced
UK politics has become The overnight local election results have confirmed that, for the time being at least, electoral politics in Britain has become highly fragmented. Reform are certainly the winners. The party