Unite warns it will hold back funds if Labour weakens plan on workers’ rights Union leader Sharon Graham says Keir Starmer risks ‘limping into Downing Street’ The Guardian - UK · May 5, 2024
Dan Poulter’s defection won’t fix an unequal NHS The health service took a turn for the worse under David Cameron and Keir Starmer has said nothing of improving the nurses’ lot The Guardian - UK · May 5, 2024
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 · May 4, 2024
Sadiq Khan’s win ‘bucks trend’ of Muslim voters rejecting Labour over Gaza, say party figures Resounding victory in London mayoral race came despite media reports suggesting it would be a close contest The Guardian - UK · May 4, 2024
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 The Guardian - UK · May 4, 2024
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 The Guardian - UK · May 4, 2024
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 The Guardian - UK · May 4, 2024
The Observer view on the local elections: Rishi Sunak is a busted flush, it’s time to call a general election After this week’s terrible results for his party, the only honourable thing to do is let voters decide his fate The Guardian - UK · May 4, 2024
Labour's Sadiq Khan easily wins record third term as mayor of London Sadiq Khan, the Labour Party's mayor of London, romped to victory Saturday, securing a record third straight term at City Hall, on another hugely disappointing day for the U.K.'s governing Conservatives ahead of a looming general election. France 24 · May 4, 2024
Britain’s Conservatives trounced in local elections as Labour makes gains Discontent with Conservative Party sees loss of hundreds of seats while Labour’s Sadiq Khan wins London mayoral race. Al Jazeera · May 4, 2024
London Mayoral Race Tightens Amid Local Election Results London mayoral race tightens as Labour gains momentum in local elections, while Conservatives face setbacks. Analysts predict broader implications for upco... Top News · May 4, 2024
London mayoral election: Key boroughs to watch for Sadiq Khan and Susan Hall as capital holds its breathe Counting in the London mayoral and assembly elections will begin on Saturday morning Evening Standard · May 3, 2024
Labour Demands UK Election After Routing Tories In Local Polls Britain's Labour party on Friday urged beleaguered Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to call a general election, after making huge gains in English polls that included a seat in parliament. International Business Times · May 3, 2024
Labour celebrates victories but loses ground in urban and heavily Muslim areas Party did better in places it had lost since 2016 but one commentator called it ‘progress at a price’ The Guardian - UK · May 3, 2024
The Guardian - UK · May 3, 2024 The Guardian view on local elections: voters aren’t listening to Tories, but are hearing Labour Editorial: These were intensely domestic polls. But it was foreign affairs that caused Sir Keir Starmer trouble
The Guardian - UK · May 3, 2024 Local elections wipeout appears to be harbinger of doom for Rishi Sunak With an estimated 25% vote share, Tory performance matches 1995 nadir reached under John Major
The Guardian - UK · May 3, 2024 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
The Guardian - UK · May 3, 2024 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
The Guardian - UK · May 3, 2024 Tories take refuge in fantasy as local election drubbing becomes clear From party chair Richard Holden to Andrea Leadsom and Rish! himself, their denial verged on the delusional
The Guardian - UK · May 3, 2024 ‘I can’t see a bright future’: under-30s on politics and voting in UK elections Some are optimistic about a change of government after the next general election, while others are frustrated at the choices
The Guardian - UK · May 3, 2024 After this week’s squalid experiment, see voter ID for what it is: a Tory scam to steal elections This exercise in shrinking the electorate to Conservative advantage must not be the new normal, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett
The Guardian - UK · May 3, 2024 Key points as local election results show major Tory losses With almost all council elections declared, Conservatives are on course to lose up to 500 seats
The Guardian - UK · May 3, 2024 Blackpool byelection shows Labour is back in Brexit-voting areas Result indicates sizeable Westminster majority, while Sunak has failed to recover ground since taking over from Liz Truss
The Guardian - UK · May 3, 2024 Disappearing migrants and street revolts. Sunak’s Rwanda round-up is just the mess we knew it would be The policy has always been a sordid theatre of cruelty, and it is unravelling in ways that were entirely predictable, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff
Top News · May 3, 2024 Labour Makes Significant Gains In UK Local Elections Labour gains in local elections put pressure on Conservatives, potential power shift ahead of general election.