Local elections 2024: Live polling day updates as activists urged to give mayor candidates final push
Voters up and down the country are heading to the polls today in the last set of local…
general election 2024
Tom Baldwin: ‘What Blackpool’s deckchairs can tell us about its by-election’
Ten years ago, Blackpool council sold off its entire stock of 6,000 municipal deckchairs, claiming the holidaymakers who…
North Herts local elections: ‘We want to show Labour can demolish the blue wall’
Over the last few years, Labour has won a string of by-elections in both places it broadly expected…
Dudley: Where Labour’s local campaign began, and it cannot afford to lose
Labour notched up 22 more councils overall at last year’s English local elections, while the Conservatives lost control…
Inside Labour’s local election campaign: Ellie Reeves on where to spend polling day and the key contests to watch
Labour’s deputy national campaign co-ordinator Ellie Reeves has dubbed the West Midlands “the place to be on polling…
‘Here’s how Labour can cut costs for low-income families – within its fiscal rules’
Inflation may have fallen in recent months, but the cost-of-living crisis is still squeezing family finances. For some…
John Curtice warns Labour’s pre-election caution could be its ‘undoing’ in power
Labour’s caution ahead of the general election could be its “undoing” if it enters government, limiting its “freedom…
Humza Yousaf resignation: Sarwar warns SNP cannot ‘impose’ unelected FM
Anas Sarwar has demanded a snap Holyrood election following the resignation of First Minister Humza Yousaf, declaring that…
Local elections 2024: ‘Key council tests for Labour in each region of England’
Last year’s local elections saw plenty of Labour celebrations in areas like Medway, Swindon, Plymouth and Stoke-on-Trent as…
Humza Yousaf woes deepen as Labour files no-confidence vote in government
The Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar has filed a ‘no confidence’ motion in the Scottish government today, heaping…
