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Why Reform winning big in the local elections could backfire for Nigel Farage

NEWS ANALYSIS: Reform UK needs to win big in the local elections and the Runcorn by-election on 1 May to prove it is a potential party of government. But The Independent’s political editor David Maddox explains why victory could ultimately be its leader’s undoing

The Independent UK

Two-party politics is dying in Britain. Voters want more than just Labour and Tories

Badenoch is braced for heavy losses on 1 May, but as Labour stumbles and Greens and Lib Dems surge, the contest is wide open, says Robert Ford

The Guardian - UK

Nigel Farage Laughs His Way to Victory in Devastating Blow to the Tories

Reform UK is turning heads this April, with new opinion polls showing Nigel Farage’s party edging ahead just weeks before the Runcorn by-election.

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On Britain’s election battleground, I learned what people want from Starmer: the change he promised them

With a byelection looming, the focus is on Runcorn where people voted for Labour in great numbers last year – but so far they feel short-changed, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK

Nigel Farage serenaded in the street on campaign visit

The Reform UK leader was in Runcorn ahead of the by-election.

Evening Standard

Conservatives should stand aside and let Reform win Runcorn by-election, says senior Tory MP

The Runcorn and Helsby by-election next month will see both Reform and the Conservatives attempt to overturn Labour’s 15,000 vote majority in the safe seat

The Independent UK

Runcorn by-election: Inside the town that will see Starmer’s first major test at the ballot box

IN FOCUS: Having spent the first nine months in power struggling to get a grip on the narrative, a by-election loss in such a safe Labour seat would be a disaster for the party, as Millie Cooke and Harriette Boucher explain

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Reform unlikely to get multimillion-pound donation from Elon Musk, Farage admits

Party leader also calls denies Runcorn by-election is a ‘must-win’ and calls Tory MPs ‘stuffy and boring’

The Independent UK

Starmer faces first by-election challenge on May 1 in Runcorn

The poll will coincide with local elections being held the same day, it has been confirmed.

The Independent UK

Has Labour’s moral compass gone missing in Runcorn and Helsby?

Letters: John Burnell is disturbed by a petition launched by the party’s byelection candidate to close a hotel used for asylum seekers

The Guardian - UK

Reform UK selects Runcorn candidate to challenge Labour at by-election

Sarah Pochin, a former Conservative councillor and mayor for Cheshire East, will be the party’s candidate for the upcoming by-election.

Evening Standard

A new MP for Runcorn? Bring on Reform, say disillusioned voters

As the town prepares for a byelection after Labour’s Mike Amesbury quits, locals say it is time for a change

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer Faces Nightmare By-Election Battle as Reform Threatens Major Upset

The quiet town of Runcorn has suddenly found itself at the center of British politics, and today, the spotlight is burning even brighter.

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Seeing off the threat from Reform in Runcorn byelection

Letters: The government needs to take the hard-right threat seriously – starting with the upcoming byelection, write Phil Tate and Keeley Cavendish

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Evening Standard

Labour triggers by-election to replace Mike Amesbury

It is expected the contest for Runcorn and Helsby will take place on May 1.

The National (Scotland)

Labour in 'emergency' funding plea as party 'faces tough budget choices'

LABOUR have put out an “emergency” call for cash – warning supporters that the party faces “tough choices” about its own funding ...

Evening Standard

Runcorn & Helsby: Labour defending near-14,700 majority over Reform

Reform would need a swing in the share of the vote of 17.4 percentage points to gain the seat from Labour.

Evening Standard

Amesbury says he will quit as an MP today

Amesbury told GB News that ‘as from today I will no longer be the Member of Parliament for Runcorn and Helsby after nearly eight years as being an MP’

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The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on the Runcorn and Helsby byelection: a punch we will all feel

Editorial: These Cheshire voters will choose a new MP and set the course of British politics for the next four years

The Guardian - UK

‘I like Nigel Farage’: Runcorn and Helsby byelection could be big test for Starmer

Labour won the seat last year with more than 50% of votes – now polls suggest it will just hang on or lose to Reform UK

The Independent UK

Farage ally hints Reform leader could axe party chair in row with Rupert Lowe as party slips in poll

Reform are favourite to win the Runcorn and Helsby by-election, but pressure is on Nigel Farage and Zia Yusuf to deliver victory there as poll shows party losing support

The Independent UK

Reform UK on course to win Runcorn and Helsby by-election despite bitter civil war

Reform UK is on course to win the seat from Labour despite a ongoing row between Nigel Farage and suspended MP Rupert Lowe

Evening Standard

Shamed MP Mike Amesbury to quit Commons after being sentenced for punching man

The Runcorn and Helsby MP told the BBC he would ‘step aside at the earliest opportunity’.

Evening Standard

OPINION - Nigel Farage, Mike Amesbury and the domino effect: how Runcorn could change British politics

It was a by-election that caused a political earthquake. In 1981, Shirley Williams changed the temperature in Westminster when the new Social Democratic Party triumphed in the once true blue seat of Crosby. Months before, her fellow Gang of Four member Roy Jenkins had come tantalisingly close to winning a…

The Independent UK

MP Mike Amesbury walks free after winning appeal against 10-week sentence for punching constituent

Disgraced politician has been called on to step down from the Runcorn and Helsby seat

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