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Frustration, apathy and hope: Birmingham divided as extraordinary election looms

election is anyone's guess. Polls suggest Birmingham's electorate has fully embraced five-party politics, with a healthy number of independent candidates giving city voters a sixth option. Reform UK is feeling confident

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

7 May at the head of a much larger group. With support for Zack Polanski’s party expected to surge across the capital, nearby Hackney council is tipped to be the centre of a realignment

Labour claims Reform UK won’t protect women, as poll suggests Farage’s party heading for ‘seismic’ wins in May – UK politics live

May – UK politics live Good morning. **Wes Streeting**, the health secretary, is publishing a revised women’s health strategy for England today. As **Andrew Gregory** reports, the strategy implicitly accepts that women have been

Tuesday briefing: How AI facial recognition in policing works – and how it can go wrong

7,000 Just Eat couriers are [taking legal action](https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/may/04/just-eat-couriers-launch-legal-action-improve-workers-rights) against the food delivery company in an attempt to gain better employment rights, including the minimum wage and holiday pay. 3. ***Europe