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Historically a red wall redoubt, Newcastle-under-Lyme council has been Tory-led in recent years. Colin Drury speaks to those hoping the party’s latest success bodes well for the next general election

Wales' First Minister said it had been 'a very good day for Labour right across Wales' and that people should wait for Durham Police to conclude its investigation into Sir Keir Starmer

Editorial: The reconfiguration of British politics post-Brexit has exposed Boris Johnson’s Tory party as being out of touch

The PM said he would not be deflected as Labour and the Liberal Democrats make gains at the Conservatives’ expense.

The Labour leader said he was ‘confident no rules were broken’ at the event in Durham a year ago.

Labour may justifiably congratulate itself on symbolic wins in these local elections: the true-blue London strongholds of Westminster and Wandsworth, and the home of so-called “Workington Man” (deemed the archetypal new working-class Tory voter) in Cumberland. Yet it must channel energy from these morale boosts into a pitch that will…

Labour is close to a clean sweep of the capital’s boroughs, and the Lib Dems and Greens are making gains

Hull win – alongside other successes – suggests coalition taint is fading for voters seeking alternative to Tories and Labour

Labour stopped the rot in Sunderland on election night and retains commanding majorities on the other four Tyne and Wear councils, but still faces some big questions