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World leaders congratulate 'Albo' on Labor's victory

World leaders have sent Prime Minister Anthony Albanese messages of congratulations after Labor's re-election.

AAP

Timothy Spall to open VE Day 80 celebrations with Churchill speech

The 68-year-old who is known for playing Peter Pettigrew in the Harry Potter film series, will read extracts from Churchill’s victory speech.

Evening Standard

Starmer urged to change course, not go ‘further and faster’ after Reform gains

One Labour MP said the response from Downing Street was ‘nonsense’ while another said the party needs a ‘change of plan’.

Evening Standard

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Local elections were ‘devastating’ for Labour, says top pollster John Curtice

Exclusive: Curtice warns that Starmer’s failings have opened the door for Reform, while fellow pollster Luke Tryl suggests the Tories only have 12 months to turn things around

The Independent UK

Where did Labour and the Tories suffer most in the local elections?

As Starmer and Badenoch suffer pressure following their parties’ crushing defeats, data correspondent Alicja Hagopian looks at where Labour and Conservatives performed the worst

The Independent UK

Now Farage not Starmer is feeding public’s appetite for change

The Reform UK leader has somehow dodged responsibility for the economic damage of Brexit and is winning over disaffected Labour voters

The Guardian - UK

Labour targets international students claiming asylum after election losses to Reform

Exclusive: Ministers understood to be drafting white paper this month in move to reduce legal migration

The Guardian - UK

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Local elections in numbers: 677 new Reform councillors – while Labour gets no votes in some wards

The Independent’s data correspondent Alicja Hagopian crunches the numbers from this year’s local elections

The Independent UK

Starmer congratulates Albanese on re-election, hailing UK-Australia friendship

Anthony Albanese has become the first Australian prime minister to win consecutive terms in two decades.

The Independent UK

Starmer congratulates Albanese on re-election and hails UK-Australia friendship

Anthony Albanese has become the first Australian prime minister to win consecutive terms in two decades.

Evening Standard

Starmer urged to change course after Reform’s success in local elections

Labour MP Rachael Maskell said her party has ‘special responsibilities’ to serve the needs of people.

Evening Standard

Anas Sarwar 'shamefully silent' as Labour MPs demand 'change' from Keir Starmer

ANAS Sarwar has been accused of being “shamefully silent” after Labour MPs have demanded a change of course by the party leadership after a poor…

The National (Scotland)

Badenoch apologises for local election results as Reform warned there are ‘no simple answers’ – as it happened

Shadow chief treasury secretary Richard Fuller says Nigel Farage’s party must do more than just ‘point at problems’

The Guardian - UK

‘We can’t just talk to the right’: what will Labour do now?

Focus on Reform or reassure the left – Keir Starmer’s next move could define his premiership

The Guardian - UK

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“The Biggest Risk to This Country Is Net Zero”: Julia Hartley-Brewer Unleashes on Ed Miliband’s Green Agenda

Julia Hartley-Brewer has taken aim at Labour’s Ed Miliband over his Net Zero push, accusing him of backing green policies that could, in her words.

The Independent UK

What Reform’s Runcorn by-election win means for Labour and the Tories

ANALYSIS: British politics have never been more fragmented, writes Jonathan Tonge

The Guardian - UK

Labour alienated its core and failed to attract Reform voters. Now will Starmer change tack?

The local elections showed that voters feel betrayed. But in a party that brooks no dissent, that message isn’t getting through, says independent MP John McDonnell

The Guardian - AU

‘Humiliated Tories’ and ‘angry Labour’: what the papers say about Reform’s local election rout

Success of hard-right party is a ‘sobering day’ for Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch, UK papers report after a ‘populist wave sweeps England’

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Evening Standard

Main party leaders under pressure as Reform sweeps to victory in local elections

Reform picked up 10 councils and more than 600 seats in an election that Nigel Farage hailed as ‘the death of the Conservative Party’.

Evening Standard

Tories lose 15 councils amid Reform’s local elections surge

Reform was the main beneficiary of the Conservative collapse, winning more than 600 seats and taking control of 10 local authorities.

The Independent UK

Nigel Farage’s Reform UK stun Labour in local elections

Reform UK won the Runcorn and Helsby by-election by six votes in an extremely narrow victory that served as a major blow to Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

The Guardian - UK

Farage claims Reform UK local election gains ‘beginning of the end’ for Tories

Hard-right party wins byelection with 17-point swing from Labour and adds more than 500 council seats

The National (Scotland)

Labour MPs angered as Keir Starmer ignores calls for change of course

LABOUR left-wingers are demanding a change of course from party leadership after a poor result at the English local elections.

The Guardian - UK

Anti-immigrant Reform UK makes broad gains in English local elections

Labour-Conservative dominance challenged by Nigel Farage’s Trump-aligned party, which has control of at least six county councils

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Reform election victories: a barometer of disillusionment

Editorial: The charge that Labour promised change but is delivering more of the same speaks to anxious and angry voters across the political spectrum

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