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Key points as local election results show major Tory losses

With almost all council elections declared, Conservatives are on course to lose up to 500 seats

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Blackpool byelection shows Labour is back in Brexit-voting areas

Result indicates sizeable Westminster majority, while Sunak has failed to recover ground since taking over from Liz Truss

The Guardian - UK

I have a cure for our ailing democracy: ban all donors, British and foreign. Run politics on membership fees

Our system is full of loopholes and vulnerable to millionaires’ and plutocrats’ demands, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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Starmer hails Blackpool South win as result points to big Labour victory at general election

Pollsters say early results suggest Tories could lose half of council seats contested, putting party on course for as many as 500 losses

The Guardian - UK

Labour’s Claire Ward elected first mayor of East Midlands as Sunak gets boost in Tees Valley after Tory losses – live

Party source describes region as ‘beating heart of general election battleground’ as prime minister says Labour threw ‘lot of mud’

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Rishi Sunak’s future: Britain needs a general election, not another Tory leadership contest

Editorial: Selecting a fourth Conservative prime minister in two years would make this country even more of a laughing stock

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Polls close in local elections with Tories expecting heavy losses

Conservatives predicted to lose 500 council seats in England – about half the number they are defending

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Covid, chemtrails and climate: the wild ideas spread by Reform UK candidates

Some prospective parliamentary candidates have been found to hold fringe views that even the populist party says are ‘eccentric’

The Guardian - UK

SNP avoids another bruising leadership contest but relief will be short-lived

John Swinney faces series of immediate challenges, including rebuilding cross-party trust at Holyrood

The Guardian - UK

Make ministers declare WhatsApp contact with lobbyists, MPs say

Committee says use of WhatsApp should be banned on official devices unless there is transparency

The Guardian - UK

‘The SNP are in trouble’: Scottish voters on the drama at Holyrood

As John Swinney emerges as favourite to succeed Humza Yousaf as leader, Guardian readers share their views

The Guardian - UK

Watchdog rejects request to investigate Tory MP over City lobbying complaint

Parliamentary commissioner for standards says there was not sufficient evidence to justify opening investigation into John Baron

The Guardian - UK

Kate Forbes rules out SNP leadership bid in shock announcement

Announcement appears to clear path for former deputy first minister John Swinney to take over from Humza Yousaf as SNP leader and become Scotland’s next first minister

Evening Standard

Labour concern grows over donations to Vaughan Gething’s campaign in Wales

Welsh first minister urged to pay back £200,000 to firm whose owner was convicted of environmental crimes

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Tory MP Tom Hunt blames dyspraxia for losing vital photo ID he needed to vote in election

Ipswich MP Tom Hunt said people mocking him online for the error were "persecuting" him and warned them to be "very careful with their words”

International Business Times

England Goes To The Polls In Key Local Elections

Voters went to the polls in England on Thursday for a host of crunch local elections likely to ratchet up the pressure on embattled Conservative Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.

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Dining across the divide: ‘The cost of student loans is dissuading those of us from working-class backgrounds from going to university’

College fees, free healthcare and transphobia proved to be meaty topics for these ‘Guardian-reading liberals’

International Business Times

John Swinney Announces Bid To Become Scotland's New First Minister

Scotland's former deputy first minister, John Swinney, announced on Thursday he would stand to succeed Humza Yousaf as leader of the country's governing Scottish National Party (SNP).

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Evening Standard

John Swinney confirms bid to run for SNP leadership and become first minister

He was deputy first minister under Nicola Sturgeon, but has been on the backbenches since Humza Yousaf replaced her.

Evening Standard

When do polls close? Local Election deadlines explained

UK voters have a period of 15 hours to cast their ballot in person during today’s local elections

The Guardian - UK

Swinney expected to become Scotland’s first minister next week after Kate Forbes rules herself out – as it happened

Former finance secretary, who was narrowly beaten by Humza Yousaf in last year’s SNP leadership contest, has announced that she will not stand this time

The Guardian - UK

England local and mayoral elections: results to look out for and when

Results across 107 councils and in 10 mayoral votes will start coming in from the early hours of Friday

France 24

England, Wales vote in local elections as Tories brace for big losses

Millions of voters in England and Wales will cast their ballots on Thursday in an array of local elections that will be the last big test before a UK general election that all indicators show will see the Conservative Party ousted from power after 14 years.

The Guardian - UK

Swinney in line to become Scottish first minister after Forbes steps aside

Former SNP leader now likely to return to the role without a contest and take control of government next week

The Guardian - UK

Polls open in England’s local elections with Tories braced for heavy losses

Party predicted to lose about half of the 1,000 seats it is defending in contest that could shape Rishi Sunak’s future

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