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
Analysis 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… Tom Belger 3rd May, 2025, 7:48 am
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
News Local election results: Worst vote share projected in over four decades Expert analysis of the local election results declared so far suggests Labour will slump to just 20% of… Tom Belger 2nd May, 2025, 4:56 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
News County Durham election: Labour loses 38 seats on another once-red council Labour has lost dozens of seats on Durham county council, in one of its worst results of the… Daniel Green 2nd May, 2025, 2:00 pm
News Starmer: ‘Labour must go further and faster to deliver after Runcorn defeat’ Keir Starmer has described Labour’s by-election loss in Runcorn and Helsby and in council seats across England as… Daniel Green 2nd May, 2025, 11:49 am
Comment ‘Labour has lost in Runcorn – here are the eight things the party should do now’ 1. Don’t panic 2. Don’t over-react Fixating on Reform’s agenda – immigration, scrapping net zero, and attacking woke… Theo Bertram 2nd May, 2025, 10:57 am
News Runcorn and Helsby: MPs who could lose their seat on Reform by-election swing More than 250 Labour MPs, including the Chancellor Rachel Reeves, would lose their seat if the swing at… Daniel Green 2nd May, 2025, 9:45 am