Keir Starmer has hailed local council results in England as “turning point” in Labour’s fortunes despite failing to make progress in rebuilding the ‘red wall’ in the North and Midlands.
Labour swept the boards in London, winning long-standing Tory fortresses in the capital - Wandsworth, Westminster and Barnett, which is home to a large Jewish community previously alienated by Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership of the party.
While 40 per cent of the seats being contested in England were in the capital, Labour’s performance in other parts of England was patchy.
