Voters across England will go to the polls today to elect councillors, mayors and, in one constituency, a new MP. It is the first major test of the public mood since the general election last July, when Keir Starmer became prime minister on the back of Labour’s landslide victory. A total of 1,641 council seats…
LONDON (AP) — Voters in many areas of England go to the polls Thursday in local elections that provide a test of feeling about Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s center-left Labour government, 10 months after it was elected in a landslide. Both Labour and the main opposition Conservative Party are bracing for losses in the midterm…
1 p.m.: Durham is proper Labour heartland territory. Until 2021, the party had controlled the county for a century. After mopping up every seat here in the general election, this was seen as Labour’s best chance of regaining control of a council. But Farage has been campaigning hard here personally and hopes to make real inroads….
The Mirror looks at the key battlegrounds with over 1,000 council seats are up for grabs across 23 local authorities in the first major electoral test since the General Election A total of 1,641 council seats are up for grabs across 23 local authorities while four regional mayors and two local mayors will also be…
Political leaders are making their final pleas for votes ahead of Thursday’s local elections. Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has declared this week’s ballots are not about issues like immigration, but about who is going to fix the roads or collect the bins. But Nigel Farage has pointed towards the small boats crisis, stalling economy and…
Kemi Badenoch has repeated her support for post-local election deals with Reform UK. The Tory leader said she would be happy for Conservative councillors to team up with Nigel Farage‘s party to run town halls. However, Mrs Badenoch again ruled a pact with the rival party, which has consistently polled higher than the Tories in…
KEMI Badenoch yesterday refused to rule out town hall coalition deals with Reform UK. Ahead of Thursday’s local elections, the Tory chief suggested in areas where no party wins overall control, the Conservatives could form a pact with Nigel Farage. 2 Kemi Badenoch refused to rule out town hall coalition deals with Reform UKCredit: Dan…
Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom and Conservative leader, Kemi Badenoch has firmly ruled out any national coalition with Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party — but has suggested local-level deals could be possible following next week’s council elections. Speaking on Sunday Morning with Trevor Phillips, the Conservative leader said: “I am not going into…
Kemi Badenoch has appeared to condone the prospect of Conservative councillors forming coalitions with local counterparts in Reform UK. The Conservative leader has consistently ruled out any national deal with Reform, citing leader Nigel Farage’s pledge to “destroy” the Tories. But Badenoch has now suggested that the picture is different for Conservatives at a local…
Conservative councillors could be free to go into coalition with Reform UK after next month’s local elections, Kemi Badenoch has said. The Tory leader has consistently ruled out any national deal with Reform, whose leader Nigel Farage has vowed to “destroy” the Conservative Party. But speaking to BBC Breakfast on Thursday, Mrs Badenoch suggested the…