Andy Arnold faced calls to resign over a disputed tattoo resembling a swastika, which his wife claims was a Buddhist symbol Annaleece Longmore (Local Democracy Reporter) 14:56, 20 Jul 2026Updated 15:10, 20 Jul 2026 (Image: Local Democracy Reporting Service) A Reform councillor who defended her husband’s tattoo choices has now levelled accusations of anti-semitism against…
The motorway junction was built in 2019 but remains unopened The M49 ghost junction near Bristol(Image: National Highway (formerly Highways England)) Opposition Conservatives have accused South Gloucestershire Council’s Lib Dem-Labour administration of ‘failing to provide leadership’ over the M49 ghost junction debacle. Last week National Highways, which finished most of the construction work seven years…
Two councillors are set to lead the Labour Group in Gateshead Council Gateshead Civic Centre(Image: Gateshead Council handout) Gateshead Council’s Labour group has announced its new leader and deputy as the party sits in opposition for the first time since the creation of the local authority. Saltwell Labour councillor John Adams has been elected as…
London — The United Kingdom’s governing Labour Party and the opposition Conservative Party, which together have dominated British politics and seated every prime minister for more than 100 years, both took a gut punch in a major round of local elections on Thursday. For Labour leader and current Prime Minister Keir Starmer, the heavy losses on…
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has refused to resign in the face of local election losses for his Labour Party in what is being seen as a ‘midterm’ litmus test for his government. With the Reform Party gaining in English council election results and Labour losing several seats as trends trickled in on Friday (May…
MT Newswires -Shutterstock London’s FTSE 100 closed 1.43% lower on Thursday as local elections began in the UK. Market sentiment was off amid the possibility of a “significant setback” for the ruling Labour Party, which could increase pressure on Prime Minister Keir Starmer to resign, Danske Bank said. “Grassroots Labour party members will choose the…
According to one bookmaker’s, May 7’s local elections will be a day of grim setbacks for Keir Starmer’s Labour Party as Reform UK look set to surge ahead Nigel Farage’s party is set to do well at the local elections(Image: Anadolu via Getty Images) Bookies are backing Reform UK to emphatically ‘win’ May 7’s local…
Every seat on Sefton Council will be up for grabs on May 7, with the five major parties all vying for people’s votes Bootle residents will go to the polls on Thursday(Image: Emma Morgan) After a long build-up, this year’s council elections in England are now less than a week away. Sefton Council has an…
On Thursday, May 7 Londoners will head to the ballot box to vote on who will run their borough. Labour, which controls 21 out of the city’s 32 borough councils, is bracing for potential historic losses across the capital, particularly inner London. With 44 out of 51 council seats, Labour’s majority in the North London…
Dead man walking: The PM is toast after a string of controversies and failures (Image: Getty) The local elections – now less than a fortnight away – are shaping up to be the most vitriolic in decades. Labour is on the ropes after leading Britain to economic calamity in less than two years: inflation now…