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local ward of Kentish Town. In Sunderland, the education secretary Bridget Phillipson’s patch, Reform won full control of the city council. In Wigan, the culture secretary Lisa Nandy’s constituency, Reform
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
reformed second chamber that enjoyed the support and respect of the modern public, without threatening the authority of the House of Commons. "When I was negotiating with Tony Blair all those years
local council seats while Reform surged from 100 to about 1,450 seats. On the right, Labour’s rhetoric on immigration has failed to stem support for Reform UK, which continues to attract both former
UK leader. For Farage, this was the latest stop in a midweek tour of half a dozen towns in [Essex](https://www.theguardian.com/uk/essex), where more than 1m county council votes are up for grabs. Barring
local businesswoman, as its candidate. According to a recent poll, she is picking up support, which has spooked Reform figures. The Survation poll of 369 respondents in the Greater Manchester constituency, with undecided voters stripped
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
UK will ever come to a direct presidential-style election, run through one single constituency and likely to decide the future of the [Labour](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/labour) party. But it is more than that
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
UK at general elections and in local elections such as the ones just held in England. An alternative is a system of proportional representation under which some attempt is made to distribute seats to reflect
local strongholds in the balance, familiar faces fighting to hold onto their seats and the future direction of Scottish politics at stake, every party has a part to play in this story. What should
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 45% of all council seats that had been declared so far. On Friday
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
UK](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/brexit-party) will take turns. The newly elected SNP MSP Ivan McKee thanked voters in his Glasgow constituency “for rejecting those that seek to divide our communities”, but despite making fewer inroads than
UK](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/brexit-party). The result has once more put Starmer’s leadership in question. “I think the very best thing the prime minister could do now is address the nation tomorrow
local elections tour, far outpacing both Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch with his campaign visits.  Farage arriving for campaign event in College Green, Westminster, on Wednesday. Photograph: Leon
gains in Ealing”, and was “a common method of trying to make that point during an election campaign”, it said. A leaflet from the [Green party in Gateshead](https://electionleaflets.org/leaflets/22369/) shows Reform
local elections make international headlines. But Sir Keir Starmer's fight for survival after a dismal set of elections last week is receiving coverage across the globe. And the headlines outside of the UK
local elections, in a twin bid to tackle the climate crisis and fight the far right. Joe pointed to recent statistics suggesting 90,000 vulnerable young people could be kept in poverty by Mahmood