2024 local election results on Friday: Labour wins key councils and new mayors despite Tees and Gaza troubles
***This live-blog of Friday’s results is now closed. We’re posting the latest results, updates, reaction and analysis on…
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Battleground candidates ‘optimistic’ on their local and general election chances
Activists, candidates and councillors are in their final push for votes as the local and mayoral elections draw…
Andy Burnham manifesto: Greater Manchester mayor reveals three key election pledges in bid for third term
Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham has unveiled his vision for a third term in office, with three key…
Steve Rotheram: ‘Mayors are paving the way now for Labour’s bold bus plans’
Pick up any paper or turn on the news on any given day and you’re bound to be…
What would good 2024 local election results look like for Labour?
In the run-up to every set of May elections when there isn’t a simultaneous general election, I write…
‘The mayoral model holds political risks. Labour must empower local councils’
When Keir Starmer joined Sadiq Khan to launch the London mayoral election campaign, Labour seemed curiously downbeat about…
Revealed: George Galloway says he’ll run as Greater Manchester mayor – in 2028
George Galloway has said he will stand against Andy Burnham to become Mayor in Greater Manchester – but…
‘We’re drowning here’: Nottingham, the latest Labour council facing the abyss
Another week, another reminder of the grim local government legacy Labour may inherit as another council issues a…
Ed Miliband on £28bn rowback claim: ‘Don’t believe everything you read’
With the Tories doubling down on anti-green attacks, Ed Miliband gave Labour’s ‘green jobs and lower bills’ messaging…
Andy Burnham floats overhauling inheritance tax and a basic income
Andy Burnham has said “there is an argument for a basic income” and proposed overhauling inheritance tax to…
