Starmer won targeting Red Wall voters. Now even their MPs rebel on winter fuel
Targeting a particular kind of Red Wall voter was a key part of Labour’s strategy going into the…
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Local elections fallout deepens as PM takes thinly veiled swipe at left MPs and Labour loses Doncaster council
The fallout from Labour’s grim local election performance has deepened as the only Labour-held council fell to Reform…
Local election results 2025: How Labour did in each council and mayor race
The moment polls closed in the 2025 local elections on Thursday night, party chair Ellie Reeves issued an…
Runcorn and Helsby by-election blame game begins – why did Labour lose?
Finger-pointing has already begun following Labour’s painfully close defeat to Reform UK in the Runcorn and Helsby by-election,…
Runcorn and Helsby by-election defeat: Results breakdown, analysis and reaction
Labour’s Karen Shore has lost the Runcorn and Helsby by-election, after battling out a knife-edge fight with Reform…
Runcorn and Helsby by-election: Labour targets Tory voters to keep out Reform
Karen Shore’s campaign are fighting for every vote as the by-election in Runcorn looks set to come down…
Cambridgeshire & Peterborough mayor election: Nik Johnson on why he’s standing down and Anna Smith on knife-edge Labour-Tory fight to replace him
With local elections across parts of England less than a week away, I went to visit Cambridgeshire and…
Local elections expert predicts ‘bad night’ for Labour, with no net seat gains as Reform, Greens and Lib Dems advance
An election expert has predicted a “bad night” for Labour at the 2025 local elections next week, warning…
2025 local council and mayor elections: What’s a good night for Labour?
In the run-up to every set of May elections when there isn’t a simultaneous general election, I write…
‘Reform Revealed’: Labour targets Farage in Runcorn with salvo of Facebook ads
Labour has begun rolling out a new wave of anti-Reform adverts in potential by-election seat Runcorn and across…
