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Britain's two main parties are tipped to suffer losses Thursday in local elections likely to confirm the rise of hard-right populists and portend the splintering of a century-long political duopoly.

International Business Times

Local elections 2025: Guide to every council and mayoral contest

The Conservatives currently control 19 of the 23 local authorities holding elections on Thursday.

Evening Standard

Local elections 2025: Hour-by-hour guide to results

The first results are likely around 2am on Friday May 2.

Evening Standard

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Starmer and Blair poles apart, an open goal at PMQs. Did KemiKaze score?

Of course she didn’t. Gifted on climate policy, she used all six of her questions to call for another child abuse inquiry

The Guardian - UK

How Blair has changed the agenda for Labour on climate change

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: The former prime minister’s intervention in the Labour government’s net zero approach has provoked heated argument – and rightly so. These are important, transcendent matters and have to be right – for the sake of the future of the planet and the living standards of people…

The Independent UK

Blair’s net zero intervention invites scrutiny of his institute’s donors

Labour insider rebukes ‘tech bros’ within Tony Blair Institute as critics question past work with petrostates

The Guardian - UK

Downing Street forces Tony Blair to row back from net zero strategy criticism

Labour politicians warn former PM had boosted Tory and Reform climate sceptics on the eve of local elections

The Guardian - UK

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When and where are the local elections 2025 and why aren't they in London?

The elections will determine who will decide on issues such as local services, housing and education within specific areas or regions.

Evening Standard

Reform UK served with legal papers over bullying allegations

MP Rupert Lowe’s staff taking legal action over party’s internal report on bullying claims

The Guardian - UK

New wave of tactical voting to ‘stop Reform’ and hamper Farage in local elections

Exclusive: Rival political parties use suggestion of a Reform-Conservative alliance to target votes from centrist Tories

The Guardian - UK

Sir Ed Davey signs ‘magic spatulas’ during local election visit

Sir Ed visited Lib Dem campaigners in Tunbridge Wells feeling ‘optimistic’ about their chances in the elections on Thursday.

Evening Standard

SNP minister pans Labour for 'shipping in' London councillor to run against her

AN SNP minister has hit out at Scottish Labour for "shipping in" a London councillor to stand against her in the Holyrood election.

The National (Scotland)

'Headphone dodgers' who play music out loud on trains are anti-social, suggests Prime Minister

Londoners back £1,000 fines for passengers who play music on speakerphone

Evening Standard

Starmer and Badenoch clash as Labour and Tories brace for tough elections

Nigel Farage’s Reform UK hopes to take the Runcorn and Helsby seat in the Commons off Labour and scores of councillors off the Tories.

Evening Standard

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Evening Standard

PM grilled on grooming gangs and record migrant Channel crossings in PMQs showdown ahead of local elections

During Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday, Sir Keir insisted that the Government is more committed to delivering "truth and justice" for victims of rape grooming gangs than the Conservative Party

Evening Standard

Farage calls for national emergency over arrival of people from ‘alien’ cultures

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage said billions of pounds are being spent on housing ‘undocumented males’ in hotels and rented accommodation.

Evening Standard

Starmer rejects Tory claim of grooming gang ‘cover-up’ by Labour over inquiries

The Prime Minister said Labour is delivering justice after Kemi Badenoch accused the party of a cover-up and delays in grooming gang inquiries.

Evening Standard

Nigel Farage can talk the talk but can he walk the walk, May 1 local elections may tell

Commentary: The town hall polls could show whether the Reform UK leader can deliver for people and communities or if he is just one of Britain’s best ever campaigners at promising elusive sunlit uplands

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The National (Scotland)

Tories demand John Swinney sacks SNP MSPs who backed Maggie Chapman

The Scottish Tories have demanded John Swinney remove all the SNP MSPs on Holyrood’s equalities committee after they opted to support Maggie…

The Guardian - UK

Labour fights to hold on to Runcorn in byelection despite Reform surge

Labour candidate insists seat is ‘definitely still in play’ in first electoral test of Keir Starmer’s government

The National (Scotland)

'Hell of a commute': Labour pick London councillor to contest Highlands seat

Scottish Labour have been blasted for selecting a London councillor to stand more than 600 miles away in the Scottish Parliament elections.

Evening Standard

Nigel Farage talks up Runcorn and Helsby by-election win on May 1: 'I feel the gap with Labour is closing'

Reform leader hopeful of win against Labour while Tories face losing hundreds of seats in the local elections in England

The Guardian - UK

Tony Blair’s climate crisis views ‘absolutely aligned’ with government policy, Starmer says – as it happened

PM says he and Blair aligned ‘if you look at the detail of what he said’

The Guardian - UK

‘Labour have done nothing but lie’: grievances fuel Runcorn byelection battle

‘Dogfight’ between Labour and Reform UK is turning ugly after Nigel Farage’s party put immigration centre stage

The Guardian - UK

The Tories have shown Labour exactly how not to fight Farage

As local elections loom, it’s clear that years of agreeing with the Reform leader have failed to discourage people from voting for him, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

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