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MPs from Labour’s left to urge Ed Miliband to consider leadership bid

Wales, the party lost power for the first time, plummeting to just nine Senedd seats behind [Plaid Cymru](https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/may/08/plaid-cymru-biggest-party-wales-senedd-labour-reform) and Reform, while also [losing ground in the Scottish parliament](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/08/john-swinney-declares-victory-for-snp-in-holyrood-elections). ![Catherine

UK’s Labour set for heavy losses in elections as Reform makes early gains

losing 139 seats. The Greens, which were expected to challenge Labour from the left of the political spectrum, have so far failed to translate hype into votes, gaining only 23 seats so far. [Green Party

Lib Dems can counter extremes of Reform and Greens, Davey says

elections as proof his party is best positioned to confront what he described as the “extreme populist change” offered by Reform UK and the Greens. As Labour assessed a disastrous set of results

Starmer sends 'chill' through civil service, union boss says

losing the ability to work with the civil service." "Who in the civil service would now think they would be immune from when it is politically expedient to be dismissed?" he asked. "That

Most Labour members think Starmer cannot revive party fortunes, poll finds

Wales](https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/may/08/plaid-cymru-biggest-party-wales-senedd-labour-reform), unseating the Labour first minister Eluned Morgan. In London, the Greens took several councils across the capital, a [sign of growing progressive disillusionment](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/08/greens-unseat-labour-to-win-mayoral-election-in-hackney-zoe-garbett) in Keir Starmer’s party

Starmer vows to fight on as PM despite heavy local election losses for Labour

losing control of councils in Hartlepool, Tameside, Redditch and Tamworth. Some of the biggest losses came in the “red wall” former industrial seats that held the key to the Tories’ election

How Reform won votes from Swansea to Sunderland

Wales, where Labour have dominated for a century, the party now has just nine of 96 Senedd seats. From having virtually no presence, Reform has 34 Senedd seats, and in Scotland, Reform UK gained

Partygate v Mandelson: Keir Starmer faces attack from his own playbook

Labour government, in part because of the budgetary problems they encountered. In an effort to save money, the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, announced a deeply unpopular [cut to winter fuel subsidies](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jul/29/hospital-and-road-projects-face-cuts-to-plug-22bn-fiscal-hole-reeves-says) for pensioners

Who is Zack Polanski, UK Greens leader and rising political star?

Wales and began a career in community theatre, before switching to become a hypnotherapist and mental health counsellor. Polanski, who is openly homosexual and “proudly vegan”, began his political career with the Liberal Democrats, standing