Comment ‘Labour must expose the gap between Reform’s local ambition and ability’ So the results are in, and we now have 677 new Reform councillors, and ten new Reform administrations… Eden Kulig 6th May, 2025, 6:00 am
Comment ‘FPTP: Bad for Tories, bad for Labour, bad for democracy’ When the results of the local and mayoral elections have been fully analysed, no doubt there will be… Sandy Martin 5th May, 2025, 6:00 am
Comment Local elections: ‘We should have performed far better than we did’ As ballots continue to be counted from May’s local elections, there will be a countless number of thinkpieces… Minesh Parekh 5th May, 2025, 6:00 am
Comment ‘We know people want change. Labour needs to make it’ People want change. That’s what they voted for last summer when they voted Labour. The manifesto on which… Morgan Jones 4th May, 2025, 3:46 pm
Comment Local elections: ‘Four yardsticks for how Labour did in wake-up call election’ Every year since 2011, I have written a preview of the local elections and a scorecard after the… Luke Akehurst 4th May, 2025, 12:30 pm
Comment ‘These lesser-noticed local election results show aid cuts are backfiring’ The Chancellor’s decision to accelerate the aid cuts is not just a blow to Britain’s international role on… Heather Staff & Libby Smith 3rd May, 2025, 6:45 pm
Comment ‘We’ll never out-Farage Farage on migration – and it’d be wrong to try’ Since Labour rode to victory at the last general election, with broad but shallow support, on the back… Nadia Whittome 3rd May, 2025, 12:57 pm
Comment ‘To beat Reform, Labour must focus on places that are struggling most’ And just like that: Reform claims its first by-election scalp from Labour. Not an enormous surprise, with some… Ben Glover 3rd May, 2025, 7:00 am
Comment ‘Reform have won mayoralties. Can it deliver in them?’ Elections have taken place for four of England’s metro mayors – with voters in the West of England… Ryan Swift 2nd May, 2025, 6:28 pm
Comment ‘Reform’s narrow Runcorn win makes 60-100 Labour seats targets’ The most significant takeaway from last night’s by-election result in Runcorn and Helsby is not the numbers or… Damian Lyons Lowe & Vasil Lazarov 2nd May, 2025, 3:23 pm