
English council elections: What the results so far are telling us, in maps and charts
Labour have lost around half of the seats they were defending so far, as Reform have made massive gains in council elections for the second year running.
Original reporting and the latest political headlines from across the UK.

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Labour have lost around half of the seats they were defending so far, as Reform have made massive gains in council elections for the second year running.

Because there is no overnight counting in Scotland and Wales, it will be English council results shaping the breakfast headlines on 8 May.

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Thursday's local elections are expected to bring drastic losses for Labour, with as many as 2,000 of its 2,500 council seats at risk.

It's "unwise" for Downing Street not to shut down talk of a cabinet reshuffle if the local elections go badly for Labour, the party's former deputy leader has said.


It's "highly likely" the ban on new leasehold properties won't come into force until the next parliament, Matthew Pennycook has said.


Keir Starmer's inner team is split over whether the prime minister should carry out a reshuffle after the May elections in the wake of the Mandelson crisis engulfing this government.

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Sir Keir Starmer is facing trial by parliament on a judgement day that could deliver a double whammy to his hopes of surviving as prime minister.

Sorry to disappoint the vultures circling around Sir Keir Starmer, but a potentially fatal probe by parliament's Privileges Committee remains unlikely.