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Westminster, devolved nations, and councils after the 7 May elections — who holds power, who is losing it, and what happens next.
UK News
Josh Simons resigned his Makerfield seat within hours of Streeting's departure, explicitly clearing the path for Greater Manchester's mayor to re-enter Parliament and challenge for the Labour leadership
UK News
From union revolts to cabinet resignations, the 2026 government crisis has engulfed Labour at every level. All 11 affiliated unions want Starmer gone. The question is no longer whether he'll face a challenge, but when.
UK News
Nigel Farage declared a 'historic shift in British politics' after the 7 May local elections saw Reform take control of councils from Sunderland to Essex. But the numbers tell a more complicated story than the headlines suggest.
UK News
The Green Party gained 297 councillors on 7 May, took control of London boroughs from Labour, won their first ever Senedd seat, and unseated Angus Robertson in Edinburgh. This is no longer a protest vote.
UK News
Stuart Prior won two council seats in Essex on 7 May. By 11 May, he had resigned from both and been expelled from the party after Hope Not Hate surfaced allegations of racist and Islamophobic social media posts.
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When a Prime Minister whose party just lost over a thousand councillors tells the Observer he wants a decade in Downing Street, we are no longer dealing with political strategy. We are dealing with denial.
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