County Council elections and South Shields by-election liveblog

Welcome to the County Council and South Shields by-election liveblog. We’re bringing you all of the results and rumours from now until Friday evening – so stay tuned, and stay in touch.

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‘We need more than a reformed state. Politicians need actual training’

Today’s speech was a powerful statement of intent from the prime minister, and a step in the right…

Tobias Phibbs

13th March, 2025, 12:53 pm

News

Union backlash as Starmer vows ‘flabby’ state reform and axes NHS England

Keir Starmer is facing a backlash from trade unions over his plans to reform the “flabby” state as…

Luke O'Reilly

13th March, 2025, 11:22 am

Comment

‘With budgets tight, Starmer is right to crackdown on quangos’

Today, the Prime Minister will make announcements to radically overhaul the State: chief among them a crackdown on…

Patrick King

13th March, 2025, 7:19 am

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