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Lib Dems gain most council seats in last five years, party’s data shows

Party has gained 768 seats, Labour 545 and the Greens 480, while the Conservatives have lost 1,783

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We pay a lot more for a lot less, and people know it. That’s why Sunak’s Tories were thrashed in these elections

Come to Thurrock and things get clearer. People feel victims of a terrible injustice, says Guardian columnist John Harris

The Guardian - UK

Anti-monarchists hold demonstration against King in Trafalgar Square

Anti-monarchy campaigners gathered in Trafalgar Square on the first ‘Republic Day’.

Evening Standard

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Tory rebel Braverman urges Sunak to change course after election blows

The senior Tory urged the Prime Minister to move to the right in response to the poll defeats.

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If Tory hopes rest on the UK economy, they could go the way of the monasteries

Three key economic indicators loom large but none offer great hope for the Conservatives’ survival

The Guardian - UK

Why Labour leapt on board with private open access train providers

The party’s move made it look pro-business, but some say the system makes for inefficient use of our rail network

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Suella Braverman says no time to oust Sunak so he must ‘own this and fix it’

Former home secretary says PM’s ‘plan is not working’ and he needs to change course after local elections drubbing

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Sometimes our take on human nature trumps our political allegiances. Good

As I found during last week’s assisted dying debate, it’s not wrong to agree with the other side

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Braverman tells Sunak to ‘own’ dismal election results and ‘fix it’ but says it’s too late for Tories to change leader – as it happened

Former home secretary says Tory voters are ‘on strike’ and are ‘not coming out to support us’ in wake of dire local and mayoral election results

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Andy Street loses West Midlands mayor vote in election blow for Conservatives

The Conservative loss was part of a double blow for the Prime Minister after Labour’s Sadiq Khan secured a historic third term as Mayor of London.

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The Searchers by Andy Beckett review – the leftists who took their lead from Tony Benn

An absorbing study of the radical left makes a convincing case for their cultural victories but romanticises the Jeremy Corbyn years

The Guardian - UK

Unite warns it will hold back funds if Labour weakens plan on workers’ rights

Union leader Sharon Graham says Keir Starmer risks ‘limping into Downing Street’

The Guardian - UK

Unfair jail sentences – one more example of demonising society’s ‘morally unfit’

The IPP scandal should not be seen in isolation. It is all part of today’s politics by vilification

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Rishi Sunak defiant in ‘taking fight to Labour’ despite shock election losses

The Prime Minister insisted his plan was the right way forward, after the Tories lost the West Midlands mayoral contest to Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour.

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Andy Street’s West Midlands defeat shows the heavy baggage of brand Tory

Running as a ‘pseudo-independent’ in a region in which Labour faced its own hurdles was not enough to keep Tory mayor in office

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Sadiq Khan’s win ‘bucks trend’ of Muslim voters rejecting Labour over Gaza, say party figures

Resounding victory in London mayoral race came despite media reports suggesting it would be a close contest

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Desperate Tories left in disarray as Labour celebrates seismic swing

Rishi Sunak’s government tries to limit the damage as the Conservatives’ worst fears prove correct in the English local elections

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Local elections drubbing shows time is nearly up for the Conservatives

Rob Ford was part of the BBC team analysing the local election results as they poured in over the past 48 hours. Here he tells how a dramatic set of results for the government unfolded

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Stunning Labour triumphs in London and West Midlands leave Sunak reeling

Keir Starmer says the prime minister has no option but to call a general election

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It’s time to end the UK’s divisions: Labour is for everyone

Britain has turned out in force to vote for change. Whenever the Tories go to the country, we will be ready to provide it

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Lib Dems ‘on course to topple leading Tories’ in general election

Local election results in England justify the decision to focus on Conservative areas, claim party strategists

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Sadiq Khan’s win heralds even bigger Labour victory at general election

‘Chipper’ Conservatives crumple in face of incumbent mayor’s broad appeal to London voters

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After the local election rout, will the panicked Tory herd now stampede over Rishi Sunak?

Devastating defeats give Tory MPs more reasons to fear what will befall them when the country delivers its verdict

Evening Standard

Sadiq Khan claims landslide London mayoral election victory

Labour incumbent wins 1,088,225 votes – 275,828 more than his main rival, Tory candidate Susan Hall

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