Local elections 2022: What's happened in UK so far as Tories suffer heavy losses in London The Labour Party has swiped the London boroughs of Wandsworth, Westminster and Barnet from the Tories Manchester Evening News · May 6, 2022
Local Election 2022: Conservatives lose 'Thatcher's favourite council' for first time since 1978 The London council of Wandsworth had been held by the Tories for over four decades Wales Online · May 6, 2022
Labour maintain control of South Tyneside Council but Greens and Independents also celebrate gains The biggest surprise of the night itself came in the form of the Conservatives losing a favoured seat in Cleadon and East Boldon to the Green Party Chronicle Live · May 6, 2022
Labour maintain control of Sunderland City Council as Lib Dems celebrate only gains of the night Ahead of the vote, Sunderland was tipped as a city to watch as Conservative councillors predicted Labour could lose overall control Chronicle Live · May 6, 2022
‘The man is a clown’: Voters give their verdict on polling day in key London boroughs Rory Sullivan talks to voters in Wandsworth while Maryam Zakir-Hussein takes the polling day temperature in Barnet The Independent UK · May 5, 2022
Sunderland Council local election results 2022: How every candidate scored Local election results 2022 for Sunderland Council in full by the wards contested as they are declared on election night Chronicle Live · May 5, 2022
Anas Sarwar accuses 'disgusting' Douglas Ross of using Ukraine suffering to protect Boris Johnson Sarwar called on voters to reject the "toxic, out of touch, corrupt Tory party" at today's local elections Daily Record · May 5, 2022
East Lothian Labour candidate loses party support - but remains on ballot paper New of the withdrawal of support came too late to change ballot papers and polling station staff are under no obligation to make voters aware of the change ahead of them casting their votes tomorrow Edinburgh Live · May 4, 2022
Greater Manchester local elections 2022: In-depth analysis of every borough... including an 'all out' race, our political hot potato and a controversial new battleground Boris Johnson will be tested at the ballot box for the first time since the Downing Street lockdown parties scandal Manchester Evening News · May 4, 2022
Starmer warned expelling Nato-sceptic MPs could spark Labour civil war The Labour leader hinted he could take action against MPs questioning the party’s ‘unshakeable support’ for the alliance. The Independent UK · May 3, 2022
Anas Sarwar denies sacking Labour candidate who backed independence ANAS Sarwar has denied having any involvement in the sacking of an independence-supporting election candidate last year. The National (Scotland) · May 3, 2022
Anas Sarwar slams Scots Tories for 'desperate attempt' to cling onto second place at election The Scottish Labour leader took aim at Douglas Ross' party over its tactics ahead of the vote on Thursday May 5. Daily Record · May 3, 2022
Labour and Lib Dems deny Tory accusations of local election pact The claims from Conservative chair Oliver Dowden were branded ‘pretty desperate’ by Sir Ed Davey. The Independent UK · May 1, 2022
'Things got better for millions after Labour's 1997 victory - and we threw it away' Tony Blair, writing for the Mirror 25 years after he entered Downing Street, takes on the left and right who 'trash' his record - and says the party is on the road to governing again Daily Mirror · Apr 30, 2022
Leeds Live · Apr 30, 2022 The race for votes in controversy-ridden Leeds suburb 'blighted' by sex trade where prostitutes walk past schoolchildren The Leeds 'red light district' scheme has come to an end, but issues with the sex trade are still spilling onto residential streets in Beeston and Holbeck
Chronicle Live · Apr 29, 2022 Labour accused of trying to 'trick' voters into backing councillor suspended over 'Muslim plot' claim The party's I Will Vote camapign website was still urging supporters to back Joyce McCarty almost a month after she was suspended amid an Islamophobia row
The Independent UK · Apr 29, 2022 Starmer says ‘stark contrast’ between his beer and Johnson’s Covid fine The Labour leader said it makes ‘absolutely no difference’ if deputy Angela Rayner was present at the time.
Daily Mirror · Apr 29, 2022 Angela Rayner was with Keir Starmer on night of lockdown beer photo, Labour say Labour sources admitted a 'genuine mistake' after an official initially denied she was there. But Labour denied Tory claims they broke the law and hit back: "They want people to think it’s all the same, so no scandal matters"
Chronicle Live · Apr 29, 2022 Durham Police insists it is not investigating Keir Starmer over lockdown breach claims The Labour leader was filmed drinking a beer on a visit to Durham a year ago and he insisted he had done nothing wrong
The Independent UK · Apr 29, 2022 Rayner was with Starmer during lockdown beers, Labour admits The party said its previous claims that the deputy leader was not present were a ‘genuine mistake’, and it insisted no Covid rules were broken
The Independent UK · Apr 28, 2022 Britain’s parliamentary term ends in acrimony and scandal A fractious and scandal-filled parliamentary year in Britain has ended with the formal suspension of Parliament on Thursday
The National (Scotland) · Apr 28, 2022 Labour branded 'shameful' for attack on drug policy amid deaths crisis THE Labour party are causing a stir on social media with an advertisement firing into the Liberal Democrats over their policies on nuclear weapons…
Liverpool Echo · Apr 28, 2022 Labour responds after suspended Liverpool councillor gets second conviction in office Councillor David Cummings was first suspended by the party in 2019
Evening Standard · Apr 28, 2022 Labour frontbencher’s ‘lewd remarks to female colleague’ The MP reportedly said that after consulting her team she felt it was not in her best interests to reveal her identity in public or to make a complaint
The Independent UK · Apr 28, 2022 Labour frontbencher ‘called MP secret weapon because men want to sleep with her’ The Labour Party said it would take any complaint ‘extremely seriously’.