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Andy Street loses West Midlands mayor vote in election blow for Conservatives

The Conservative loss was part of a double blow for the Prime Minister after Labour’s Sadiq Khan secured a historic third term as Mayor of London.

Evening Standard

The Searchers by Andy Beckett review – the leftists who took their lead from Tony Benn

An absorbing study of the radical left makes a convincing case for their cultural victories but romanticises the Jeremy Corbyn years

The Guardian - UK

Unite warns it will hold back funds if Labour weakens plan on workers’ rights

Union leader Sharon Graham says Keir Starmer risks ‘limping into Downing Street’

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Unfair jail sentences – one more example of demonising society’s ‘morally unfit’

The IPP scandal should not be seen in isolation. It is all part of today’s politics by vilification

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak defiant in ‘taking fight to Labour’ despite shock election losses

The Prime Minister insisted his plan was the right way forward, after the Tories lost the West Midlands mayoral contest to Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour.

Evening Standard

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Andy Street’s West Midlands defeat shows the heavy baggage of brand Tory

Running as a ‘pseudo-independent’ in a region in which Labour faced its own hurdles was not enough to keep Tory mayor in office

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Sadiq Khan’s win ‘bucks trend’ of Muslim voters rejecting Labour over Gaza, say party figures

Resounding victory in London mayoral race came despite media reports suggesting it would be a close contest

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Desperate Tories left in disarray as Labour celebrates seismic swing

Rishi Sunak’s government tries to limit the damage as the Conservatives’ worst fears prove correct in the English local elections

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Local elections drubbing shows time is nearly up for the Conservatives

Rob Ford was part of the BBC team analysing the local election results as they poured in over the past 48 hours. Here he tells how a dramatic set of results for the government unfolded

The Guardian - UK

Stunning Labour triumphs in London and West Midlands leave Sunak reeling

Keir Starmer says the prime minister has no option but to call a general election

The Guardian - UK

It’s time to end the UK’s divisions: Labour is for everyone

Britain has turned out in force to vote for change. Whenever the Tories go to the country, we will be ready to provide it

The Guardian - UK

Lib Dems ‘on course to topple leading Tories’ in general election

Local election results in England justify the decision to focus on Conservative areas, claim party strategists

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Sadiq Khan’s win heralds even bigger Labour victory at general election

‘Chipper’ Conservatives crumple in face of incumbent mayor’s broad appeal to London voters

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After the local election rout, will the panicked Tory herd now stampede over Rishi Sunak?

Devastating defeats give Tory MPs more reasons to fear what will befall them when the country delivers its verdict

Evening Standard

Sadiq Khan claims landslide London mayoral election victory

Labour incumbent wins 1,088,225 votes – 275,828 more than his main rival, Tory candidate Susan Hall

Evening Standard

OPINION - How Sadiq Khan defeated Susan Hall (and the rumour mill) to win big in London

Sadiq Khan has been re-elected as Mayor of London, defeating Susan Hall 44 per cent to 33 per cent. Some instant reaction below:

France 24

Labour's Sadiq Khan easily wins record third term as mayor of London

Sadiq Khan, the Labour Party's mayor of London, romped to victory Saturday, securing a record third straight term at City Hall, on another hugely disappointing day for the U.K.'s governing Conservatives ahead of a looming general election.

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Sadiq Khan elected London mayor for third term in further boost for Labour

Labour incumbent beat Tory candidate Susan Hall, despite inaccurate claims by ‘excited Tories’ that she might run him close

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Tories might not hold autumn statement pledging more tax cuts before election

With public finances in a worse position than expected, chancellor Jeremy Hunt is considering pushing back further pledges

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Labour condemns party source’s ‘racist’ West Midlands comment

Unnamed source said Andy Street was likely to win mayoral vote thanks to ‘Middle East not West Midlands’

Al Jazeera

Britain’s Conservatives trounced in local elections as Labour makes gains

Discontent with Conservative Party sees loss of hundreds of seats while Labour’s Sadiq Khan wins London mayoral race.

The Guardian - UK

The SNP may be laid low but the call of Scottish independence is loud and clear

Polls saying the nationalist cause is no priority among voters are misleading. The aspiration to once again be a sovereign European state has only been strengthened by devolution

International Business Times

UK's Ruling Conservatives Brace For More Losses In Local Elections

Britain's ruling Conservatives braced Saturday for further losses in local elections, their worst results in recent memory and a key test before a general election to be held by January.

The Guardian - UK

Boris Johnson ‘pays tribute’ to polling staff who refused to let him vote without ID

Ex-PM turned away from South Oxfordshire police commissioner vote for not having valid ID – a rule he introduced

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