BBC Politics4 May 2026
Potholes fuel voter frustration before elections - so what can be done?
The state of the roads will be at the top of many voters' agenda at this week's local elections in England.
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The Advance UK Merger Collapse: Ego, Entitlement, and the Fight for Britain's Future
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BBC Politics4 May 2026
Potholes fuel voter frustration before elections - so what can be done?
The state of the roads will be at the top of many voters' agenda at this week's local elections in England.
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The Guardian Politics4 May 2026
‘A test of our values’: Starmer to call for whole-society response to rising antisemitism
PM will say responsibility to stand with Jewish communities lies with ‘every one of us’ at event on Tuesday Keir Starmer will call for a whole-of-society response to rising antisemitism on Tuesday, saying that it is not enough simply to condemn the scourge, but people “must show it” through their actions too. Before a roundtable event at Downing Street, the prime minister will call for action on all forms of antisemitism, after a knife attack against the Jewish community in Golders Green last we
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The Guardian Politics4 May 2026
Cabinet ministers warn mutinous MPs over ousting Keir Starmer
Labour leadership challenge in wake of disastrous local poll results could unleash chaos in party, MPs warned Cabinet ministers have warned mutinous Labour MPs that any attempt to oust Keir Starmer after a potentially disastrous set of election results this week would unleash chaos for the party that would not be easily overcome. However, several told the Guardian that even with the prime minister’s determination to stay in Downing Street after Thursday’s vote, the mood on the backbenches was fe
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The Guardian Politics4 May 2026
The Guardian view on the green transition: politicians should speed it up – and households too | Editorial
Party divisions over energy have deepened, but the need to move beyond fossil fuels has never been clearer Energy has not been a prominent subject for discussion in the run-up to Thursday’s UK elections. In England this is logical enough, since the big policy decisions are taken by ministers in Westminster, not at council meetings. But the stances adopted by the new governments in Scotland and Wales matter a great deal. They will have an influence beyond their borders, helping to shape the natio
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The Guardian Politics4 May 2026
Ben Jennings on Reform UK and this week’s local elections – cartoon
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The Guardian Politics4 May 2026
AI platforms reference Nigel Farage more than other leaders when prompted on UK politics, study shows
Reform UK is ‘doing something right when it comes to visibility’ on multiple AI systems, say researchers AI platforms are more likely to reference Nigel Farage than any other UK leader when prompted about British politics, according to an AI search analytics firm. “We are confident in saying that Reform are showing up significantly more than you would expect,” said Malte Landwehr, an expert at Peec AI, the firm that did the research. “So they’re doing something right when it comes to LLM [large
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Express Politics4 May 2026
Keir Starmer under pressure over Labour election promise with EU reset
The UK government is expected to U-turn on its 2024 manifesto commitment to ban foie gras imports.
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The Guardian Politics4 May 2026
More unbridled nastiness from Reform – but would it really create migrant detention centres in Green-voting areas? | Zoe Williams
What’s home affairs spokesperson Zia Yusuf playing at with his new policy? Is it about pushing Labour further to the right, or just an attempt to ramp up rage and resentment? All parties struggle to invest local elections with meaning, because no party can alter the consequences of what is coming up to two decades of austerity. They can promise they’ll work hard for local people, and many of them will, but they can’t change the maths of inadequate funding and soaring social care costs. All they
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The Guardian Politics4 May 2026
Europe must face up to ‘tensions’ with Trump, Keir Starmer says
Comments at European Political Community summit come as Britain seeks to join EU’s loan scheme for Ukraine UK politics live – latest updates Keir Starmer has acknowledged that “tensions” between Donald Trump and Europe are high as he attends a summit of the European Political Community dominated by the conflicts in Ukraine and Iran. With European leaders concerned over the US president’s waning interest in the Ukraine war, the prime minister will use the summit in Armenia to begin negotiations
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Express Politics4 May 2026
Labour civil war rages as MPs demand halt to 'endless drama' over plot to oust Starmer
Keir Starmer is bracing for a local election decimation on Thursday.
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The Guardian Politics4 May 2026
Saplings in prisons and bogs on military ranges: Labour’s plans for nature-friendly state land
Exclusive: Minister says proposals show government’s ambition, as it faces unprecedented pressure from Greens Tree nurseries could be built at prisons and military ranges could be turned into heathland or peat bogs as part of an ambitious plan to make government land more nature-friendly, the environment secretary has said. Speaking ahead of elections this week in which Labour is under pressure from the Green party, Emma Reynolds said such projects showed the government’s intent in restoring nat
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