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Keir Starmer Braces For Historic Local Election Losses As Leadership Challenge Looms Following Poll Collapse

As the UK votes, Keir Starmer faces a defining day, with polls suggesting Labour Party could suffer major losses.

International Business Times UK

Keir Starmer ‘to unveil plans for closer ties to EU’ to stave off leadership challenge

The prime minister is reportedly planning to deliver a speech in the days after the results, which will include a commitment to closer ties with the EU

The Independent UK

Voting under way in UK local elections seen as a verdict on Keir Starmer's leadership

Local elections usually focus on issues like rubbish collection, graffiti and potholes but Starmer’s opponents have painted Thursday's vote as a referendum on the prime minister.

Euronews

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Election results timeline: when do key battlegrounds in England, Scotland and Wales report?

Labour is resigned to losses but which party its voters switch to will be crucial in shaping new political landscape

The Guardian - UK

Thursday briefing: Five things to look out for in today’s local and parliamentary elections

In today’s newsletter: As voters cast their ballots from Wales to Westminster, long‑established political loyalties face their toughest test in decades, with parties old and new vying to reshape the national landscape

The Guardian - UK

Starmer’s last-ditch plea as Labour braces for local election disaster

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The Independent UK

Local elections 2026: Rival party leaders make final pitch as Londoners go to the polls

London’s political map is expected to be transformed by the borough elections with the rise of the Greens and Reform UK

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Millions head to polls in UK as Starmer faces pressure over Labour slump

As voters in Scotland and Wales elect their national parliaments and 5,000 seats are contested in local elections in parts of England, the pressure is on beleaguered Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer, with right-wing populists Reform and the Greens predicted to make gains.

Radio France Internationale

Cameo, speeches, pushing gold bullion: how Farage has made millions since becoming an MP

In less than two years in parliament, the Reform UK leader has brought in £2m on top of his Commons salary

The Guardian - UK

Nigel Farage’s income since being elected MP has hit £2m, analysis shows

Reform UK leader has registered wide range of financial interests on top of his Commons salary since July 2024

The Guardian - UK

Green party threat to Labour in London laid bare in Starmer’s own back yard

In inner London boroughs such as Camden, home to PM’s constituency, Greens have capitalised on collapse of Labour support

The Guardian - UK

Welsh election: why immigration is important to voters in the ‘Nation of Sanctuary’

Immigration is receiving much attention in the run-up to the Welsh election. This might seem odd at first because the Welsh parliament (the Senedd) has no power over immigration. It can’t make laws on who enters the country, how asylum claims are handled or who gets citizenship. All of that…

The Conversation

Eve-of-election poll suggests SNP’s lead is ‘tightening’

The poll came after elections expert Professor Sir John Curtice said the ‘odds are against’ a majority win for John Swinney’s party.

Evening Standard

Election day in the UK: what to look out for – and when we’ll know the results

Voters are casting their ballots in elections to 136 English local authorities, the Scottish Parliament and the Welsh Senedd. For most, it’s the first opportunity to cast a ballot since the 2024 general election. This set of elections is complex, taking place in multiple locations with ballots being counted over…

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There’s little love for the SNP – so why does the party look set to win in Scotland?

Barring a last-minute surprise, the Holyrood election will probably return the Scottish National Party (SNP) to government for the fifth time in a row. The nationalists have been in office for so long that thousands of Scots who weren’t even born when the party entered office in 2007 are now…

Evening Standard

Political establishment ‘petrified’ of Reform, party candidate says

Thomas Kerr reiterated his party’s plans to open migration detention centres in areas that back the Scottish Greens, saying it is about ‘fairness’.

The Independent UK

Reform’s plan to scrap Equality Act puts 500,000 pregnant women at risk

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Evening Standard

Green vote would force Offord to pay ‘fair share’ towards public services

Ross Greer decried the Reform UK party as ‘toxic’.

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The Guardian - UK

Reform-led Lancashire county council could quit refugee resettlement scheme

Councillor announces plan to withdraw from government-funded programme on eve of local elections

The Times of India

‘Need to put British people first’: Row erupts as Shabana Mahmood backs more legal refugee routes to UK

A political row has erupted after UK Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said she wants to significantly expand safe and legal routes for refugees to enter Britain once the asylum system is “fixed”.

The Independent UK

Reform plans threaten maternity leave and job security for half a million pregnant women, analysis shows

Exclusive: As many as half a million pregnant women could be left without protection each year, new analysis shows

The Independent UK

Farage under pressure to tackle racist Reform candidates who ‘spew hate online’

Revelations come one day before voters across the UK go to the polls

Euronews

Hard-right Reform UK party eyes huge new gains in local elections on Thursday

Reform UK has surged in polls largely due to its campaign against immigration and has vowed a wave of mass deportations if it wins the next general election in 2029.

Evening Standard

Southwark Council election: Who should I vote for?

What the main political parties are promising in the local council election in Southwark on May 7

Evening Standard

‘Odds against’ John Swinney’s SNP winning Holyrood majority, says polling expert

Professor Sir John Curtice gave his latest view on the eve of Thursday’s Scottish Parliament election.

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