Faster, fairer, or further right? Labour MPs divided over local election fallout
Rifts within the Labour Party have been exposed as MPs delivered a range of responses on how the…
Local elections
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…
‘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…
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…
‘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…
‘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…
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…
‘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…
‘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…
Hull and East Yorkshire mayor: Labour finish fourth as Reform win
Reform’s Luke Campbell has been elected in the race to be mayor of the Hull and East Yorkshire…
