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Douglas Ross under threat as Tory colleagues plot to dump him as Scottish Conservatives leader

EXCLUSIVE: One Tory MSP claimed Douglas Ross lacked empathy and had presided over a failed political strategy

Daily Record

Tears, tea and a seat won by drawing lots: How Tories took key red wall council

Historically a red wall redoubt, Newcastle-under-Lyme council has been Tory-led in recent years. Colin Drury speaks to those hoping the party’s latest success bodes well for the next general election

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson under renewed pressure after damaging local election losses

Scale of Tory backlash tempered by mixed picture for Labour, while Lib Dems and Greens perform well

The Guardian - UK

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The Guardian view on the May elections: Labour did well, but not well enough

Editorial: The reconfiguration of British politics post-Brexit has exposed Boris Johnson’s Tory party as being out of touch

The Guardian - UK

‘I wanted the Conservatives out’: readers on the local election results

Readers explain what decided their vote and give their views on the results so far

The Guardian - UK

Blackford: Scottish voters have sent very clear message to Boris Johnson

The Tories have suffered at the polls in the local elections, with their vote share dropping my more than 10% in multiple wards across the country.

The Independent UK

Senior local Tory loses seat after meeting with ultra-Unionist group revealed

A TORY councillor who met with ultra-Unionist campaigners has lost his seat in a devastating result for the long-serving representative.

The National (Scotland)

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What the 2022 local election results tell us so far – the panel’s verdict

The Tories have taken significant hits in London, but how will the rest of the country play out, ask Polly Toynbee and others

The Guardian - UK

Tory-linked group that campaigns against net zero climate action ‘funded by US oil interests’

Tory MP Steve Baker is a trustee of the Global Warming Policy Foundation

The Independent UK

Local elections 2022: Timetable of key results and events

Counting of votes takes place overnight on Thursday and during Friday.

The Independent UK

Prices at 'value brand' Tory minister's family farm shop dwarf supermarket rates

George Eustice is a 'trustee of a family discretionary will trust which owns shares' in a Cornish fruit and veg farm - which sells products at higher rates than supermarkets

Daily Mirror

Here’s why the Tories are so obsessed with Starmer’s ‘Beergate’ saga

Johnson loyalists are pushing the story hard ahead of local elections to help neuter Labour’s attacks over the PM’s lockdown breaches, says Spectator deputy political editor Katy Balls

The Guardian - UK

Johnson insists he has ‘right agenda’ for country as he faces electoral test

Boris Johnson faces a potentially bruising set of local contests but insisted he would still lead the Tories into the next general election.

The Independent UK

SNP candidates make cost of living crisis their top priority ahead of South Ayrshire Council vote

The party has made clear its key objectives as voters prepare to head to the ballot box.

Daily Record

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Tory porn MP Neil Parish resigns triggering second by-election headache for Boris Johnson

Neil Parish has had his resignation accepted by the Treasury and becomes the second Tory MP in a week to trigger a by-election.

The National (Scotland)

'Patronising' Tory minister tells struggling families to shop for 'value' deals

A TORY minister tasked with rebutting accusations that his government is out of touch has been branded “patronising and insulting” after…

The Independent UK

Local elections 2022: When will results be announced?

Counting of votes takes place overnight and during the next day

The Independent UK

Labour hopes for ‘symbolic’ win in Wandsworth – Margaret Thatcher’s favourite Tory council

Once hailed by the Tory right as the deathbed of municipal socialism, this London borough is a key Labour target, as Adam Forrest explains

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The Guardian - UK

Boris Johnson’s ‘out of touch’ comments on cost of living crisis anger Tory MPs

PM’s interview on Good Morning Britain causes concern about party’s performance in upcoming local elections

The National (Scotland)

Former Tory MP Ahmad Khan quits his seat after sexual assault conviction

FORMER Tory MP Imran Ahmad Khan has formally quit his Wakefield seat following his conviction for sexual assault, the Treasury said.

Daily Mirror

Local election results times: Hour-by-hour guide to when key battles will be announced

The local elections 2022 mean more than 5,000 council seats are up for grabs in England, Scotland and Wales in the first ballot box test for Boris Johnson since Partygate. We take you through the areas to watch

The Independent UK

Labour and Lib Dem leaders deny Tory claims of electoral pact ahead of crunch votes on Thursday

Claim seen as reflection of worries that traditional Conservative voters flirting with switch to Lib Dems

Daily Mirror

Frustrated Keir Starmer slams Tory 'mudslinging' over lockdown beer and Angela Rayner

The Labour leader admitted his office made a 'mistake' about Angela Rayner being there when he had a lockdown beer. But as new claims emerged about Ms Rayner's legs and a local elections 'pact', he accused Tories of 'throwing mud around' to distract from the cost of living crisis

The National (Scotland)

We ask polling experts: What's the likely outcome at the council elections?

SCOTS are poised to head to the polls in what First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has dubbed “the most important local elections in the history of…

The Guardian - UK

Four days of drift that let the Neil Parish scandal grow and grow

Claims were first made about the MP on Tuesday yet he did not lose the Tory whip till Friday and only resigned the next day

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