Local elections: Middlesbrough Labour’s Chris Cooke elected mayor
Labour has won a mayoral election in Middlesbrough with a result “beyond our expectations”, in a victory that…
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Local elections: ‘Seismic’ Labour win in bellwether Plymouth council
Labour has gained overall control of Plymouth in the local elections, marking the first council of the night…
Local elections: Labour advances in North West Leicestershire, Hartlepool, Tamworth
Labour has replaced the Conservatives as the largest party in Hartlepool, failing to take overall control but making…
Local elections: Labour hold early North and Midlands councils to declare
Labour has held control of the first string of Labour-run councils to declare their results in the North…
Local elections 2023: Polls open in major test of Labour’s progress under Starmer
Voters across England are heading to the polls today for the 2023 local elections, in one of the…
The Tory finance bill shows they won’t put working people first
With quite some audacity, the Chancellor stood up in the House of Commons a month ago and said…
What would good 2023 local election results look like for Labour?
In the run-up to every set of May elections when there isn’t a general election, I write a…
Six Labour MPs vote against renewing Coronavirus Act provisions
Six Labour MPs have joined with other parliamentary colleagues in a group of 24 to vote against renewing…
PMQs: The PM has a ‘whack-a-mole strategy’. But when does the mole go down?
I personally wanted to see a pop quiz on the Covid restrictions this afternoon, following Boris Johnson’s clear…
Labour slams Tories as government postpones plan to end ‘no-fault’ evictions
Labour has criticised the Tories for their failure to deliver on a key 2019 Conservative Party manifesto pledge…
