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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.

Evening Standard

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.

Evening Standard

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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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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Labour’s Richard Parker beats Andy Street to become West Midlands mayor

Tory incumbent’s hopes of a third term in the role dashed after close contest with multiple recounts

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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

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Labour condemns party source’s ‘racist’ West Midlands comment

Unnamed source said Andy Street was likely to win mayoral vote thanks to ‘Middle East not West Midlands’

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Conservatives crushed by ‘worst local election result’ in years

Spread of Tory losses leads former minister to say there’s ‘no such thing as a safe seat any more’

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Tories find reasons to be cheerful despite election bloodbath

On track to lose 500 council seats, Conservatives point to Labour’s failure to win control of Harlow council – by one seat

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Triumphant Starmer already seems like the prime minister. Now his troubles really begin

Voters want rid of the Tories, but will quickly demand solutions to Britain’s ills, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

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Polls close in local elections with Tories expecting heavy losses

Conservatives predicted to lose 500 council seats in England – about half the number they are defending

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England Goes To The Polls In Key Local Elections

Voters went to the polls in England on Thursday for a host of crunch local elections likely to ratchet up the pressure on embattled Conservative Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.

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The Guardian - UK

Polls open in England’s local elections with Tories braced for heavy losses

Party predicted to lose about half of the 1,000 seats it is defending in contest that could shape Rishi Sunak’s future

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Andy Street and Ben Houchen turn to Boris Johnson in mayoral election run-in

Incumbents promote messages of support from ex-PM despite largely avoiding linking themselves with wider Tory party

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From potholes to planning: key issues in England’s 2 May local elections

While some voters may want to send a message to Westminster, more local concerns will have an influence

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From welfare to warfare: Sunak’s spending shift imperils local services again

Council budgets look a likely target when the Tory government seeks to balance the books and pay for its promises

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‘It would be seismic to win in Sunak’s backyard’: is Labour about to paint England red?

Thursday’s local elections are a chance for Keir Starmer to show his party’s breadth of support – not least in the embattled PM’s North Yorkshire

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‘Like the Somme without the generals’: Tory nerves grow as local elections loom

Contest being treated as a general election bellwether and some MPs fear ‘complete annihilation’ will spark further Conservative rebellion

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Andy Street ditches Tories in West Midlands mayoral campaign material

Mayor says ‘brand Andy’ move is utterly deliberate as people are ‘sick and tired of Westminster’

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‘Low skills blight lives’: Richard Parker on his mayoral ambitions

Labour’s West Midlands candidate says it’s time for a fresh start as he vows to create 150,000 new jobs

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England local elections: what’s up for grabs on 2 May and how do predictions look?

Polls are the last chance for voters to have their say before the general election

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Labour looks to local polls as dress rehearsal for general election

Mayoral races may be important indicator of Starmer’s political momentum as party seeks to turn 20-point national lead into results

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Starmer says he cannot ‘turn the taps on’ to fix council funding crisis

Labour leader was asked how party would plug £4bn gap at launch of its local election campaign in West Midlands

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