Rishi Sunak's Tories have lost key councils and are on course to lose hundreds of councillors with votes in the local elections still being counted.
The majority of 230 councils - with over 8,000 seats - are still yet to declare, but the Conservatives have already suffered a grim night.
In the PM's first major electoral test, his party lost control of Hertsmere, where Deputy PM Oliver Dowden is an MP, while Labour and the Lib Dems picked up seats.
