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The Latest Breaking News from Reform

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

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Labour alienated its core and failed to attract Reform voters. Now will Starmer change tack?

The local elections showed that voters feel betrayed. But in a party that brooks no dissent, that message isn’t getting through, says independent MP John McDonnell

The Guardian - 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

Marks and Spencer cyber attack ‘a wake-up call’ as retailer struggles to recover

Harrods was the latest retailer to be affected by a cyber attack

The Independent UK

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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

Local and mayoral elections 2025: Key results and trends

The Conservatives have lost every council they were defending.

Evening Standard

Kneecap’s manager says rap trio ‘happy to meet’ Sir David Amess’ daughter

The hip-hop group apologised to the family of Sir David after footage emerged from a gig allegedly showing one member saying ‘kill your local MP’.

Evening Standard

Nigel Farage’s Reform UK stun Labour in local elections

Reform UK won the Runcorn and Helsby by-election by six votes in an extremely narrow victory that served as a major blow to Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

The Independent 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 Guardian - 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 Independent UK

Labour MPs angered as Keir Starmer ignores calls for change of course

LABOUR left-wingers are demanding a change of course from party leadership after a poor result at the English local elections.

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Evening Standard

Who is Sarah Pochin? Reform UK's first female MP

The former Tory councillor only joined Reform UK in March 2025, having been a Conservative in the past and has a strong belief in British identity

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

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

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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

Reform UK’s Richard Tice defends Andrea Jenkyns comment that migrants ‘should be put in tents’

Reform UK deputy leader Richard Tice has defended new mayor of Greater Lincolnshire Andrea Jenkyns’ calls for migrants to be “put in tents”.

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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