The Labour government faces its first major electoral test since coming to power next week as people across England vote in local elections. Labour has been neck-and-neck in the polls recently with the Conservatives and Reform, but the Lib Dems and Greens are also doing well in some areas. The government has championed its successes…
Elections are being held in England on May 1 to choose hundreds of councillors, a handful of mayors and a new MP for the constituency of Runcorn & Helsby. Here, the PA news agency looks at the locations, timings and key numbers behind this year’s contests. – What elections are taking place? Voters will go…
This fact check has been compiled by Full Fact, the UK’s largest fact checking charity working to find, expose and counter the harms of bad information. In recent weeks we’ve seen various different claims about local elections in May being “cancelled” or postponed — from politicians, in the media and on social media, where some…