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Union chief urges staff at Reform UK-controlled councils to sign up

Reform leader Nigel Farage warned some council staff to ‘seek alternative careers’ after his party took control of Durham council.

Evening Standard

'It's needed now more than ever': Thousands march in support of Scottish independence

AROUND 5000 independence supporters marched through Glasgow on Saturday, proving the Yes movement remains strong amidst the rise of the far right…

The National (Scotland)

Now Farage not Starmer is feeding public’s appetite for change

The Reform UK leader has somehow dodged responsibility for the economic damage of Brexit and is winning over disaffected Labour voters

The Guardian - UK

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Local elections in numbers: 677 new Reform councillors – while Labour gets no votes in some wards

The Independent’s data correspondent Alicja Hagopian crunches the numbers from this year’s local elections

The Independent UK

New Reform mayor Andrea Jenkyns vows to sack county council’s diversity officers - except there aren’t any

Dame Andrea Jenkyns has doubled down on Farage’s pledge to sack diversity officers in Lincolnshire but the county council has revealed it does not employ any

The Independent UK

Voices: Yes, Nigel Farage really could be prime minister in 2029

The magic number of 30 per cent is what really matters in today’s politics – and Reform got there in the latest local elections, putting Nigel Farage in a very new position, writes John Rentoul

The Independent UK

UK local elections delivered record-breaking fragmentation of the vote

If there were such a thing as landslide victories for local elections, Reform could easily claim to have won one in 2025. Out of the 1,641 seats available, Nigel Farage’s party came away with 677 – that’s more than 41%. The Liberal Democrats came second with 370 (a net gain…

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Starmer urged to change course after Reform’s success in local elections

Labour MP Rachael Maskell said her party has ‘special responsibilities’ to serve the needs of people.

Evening Standard

Badenoch apologises for local election results as Reform warned there are ‘no simple answers’ – as it happened

Shadow chief treasury secretary Richard Fuller says Nigel Farage’s party must do more than just ‘point at problems’

The Guardian - UK

‘We can’t just talk to the right’: what will Labour do now?

Focus on Reform or reassure the left – Keir Starmer’s next move could define his premiership

The Guardian - UK

What Reform’s Runcorn by-election win means for Labour and the Tories

ANALYSIS: British politics have never been more fragmented, writes Jonathan Tonge

The Independent UK

‘Humiliated Tories’ and ‘angry Labour’: what the papers say about Reform’s local election rout

Success of hard-right party is a ‘sobering day’ for Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch, UK papers report after a ‘populist wave sweeps England’

The Guardian - AU

Main party leaders under pressure as Reform sweeps to victory in local elections

Reform picked up 10 councils and more than 600 seats in an election that Nigel Farage hailed as ‘the death of the Conservative Party’.

Evening Standard

Tories lose 15 councils amid Reform’s local elections surge

Reform was the main beneficiary of the Conservative collapse, winning more than 600 seats and taking control of 10 local authorities.

Evening Standard

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The Guardian - UK

Farage claims Reform UK local election gains ‘beginning of the end’ for Tories

Hard-right party wins byelection with 17-point swing from Labour and adds more than 500 council seats

The Independent UK

Map: Where have Reform performed best in local council elections?

Results are still being counted, but Reform has already won majority control of seven councils and won hundreds of seats.

The Guardian - UK

Anti-immigrant Reform UK makes broad gains in English local elections

Labour-Conservative dominance challenged by Nigel Farage’s Trump-aligned party, which has control of at least six county councils

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Reform election victories: a barometer of disillusionment

Editorial: The charge that Labour promised change but is delivering more of the same speaks to anxious and angry voters across the political spectrum

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The Guardian - UK

Reform UK’s victories are just the latest chapter of political fragmentation

Farage’s party has benefited this time as voters flee the main parties, but there are faultlines within its own coalition too

The Guardian - UK

Farage has declared a new dawn before, but this time things could really be different

Slicker presentation, a shift away from two-party politics and now hundreds of new councillors mean Reform is likely here to stay

The Guardian - UK

Election results and the rise of Reform UK reflect a broken voting system

Letters: Guardian readers respond to the Runcorn byelection and the local and mayoral results

The National (Scotland)

English elections so far – Reform lead with nearly 500 councillors

REFORM UK have nearly 500 councillors after the English local elections saw them annihilate the Tories and emerge as a serious threat to Labour.

The Independent UK

After Runcorn, Labour now needs to prove itself to the electorate – the future of the country depends on it

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: Pragmatic, practical moves can be taken to restore the trust many have lost in the government

The Guardian - UK

How the big parties fared in the English local elections

Nigel Farage’s Reform roared ahead, while Labour and the Tories each had disappointments to manage

The Guardian - UK

Alone centre stage, for Nige this was his triumph and no one else’s

No thanks for Reform’s new MP and mayor, they were mere decoration on Farage’s victory lap

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