Breaking: Reform UK win control of first-ever council in Staffordshire
The Tories’ held Staffordshire County Council since 2009
Olivia Barber
Labour mayor warns Keir Starmer to listen to voters after narrow win over Reform
‘The results here tonight demonstrate that they need to be listening to the man, woman and businesses on the street’
Reform UK wins Runcorn and Helsby by-election with smallest majority in history
They won by just 6 votes after a recount
Reform’s Andrea Jenkyns gives ‘shocking’ first speech as Lincolnshire mayor
Rival candidates walked out midway through her speech, saying they were “disgusted” by Jenkyns’ remarks.
Exclusive: Green Party’s Mary Page ‘quietly confident’ about Weca mayoral campaign
Green Party candidate Mary Page is the bookmakers’ favourite to win the West of England mayoral race today
Local elections could leave record number of councils under no overall control, pollster warns
A new poll by More in Common shows deep voter disillusionment, with 41% saying no party leader is fit to govern and Reform UK gaining ground.
Nigel Farage reminds voters he doesn’t want a publicly-funded NHS
‘No, I do not want it funded through general taxation’
Keir Starmer brutally mocks Farage for reportedly hiring Liz Truss as ‘new top advisor’
It was another embarrassing PMQs for the Reform UK leader
Labour MP blasts Kemi Badenoch for weaponising child sexual exploitation at PMQs
‘If she cared about child protection she wouldn’t be doing that. It’s a disgrace, you’re a disgrace.’
Richard Tice repeatedly fails to name a single Reform UK achievement in local government
“Anyone can point out failures of other parties, what have you achieved in local government?”