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English local elections on May 1 mark the first time widespread voting has happened in the UK since last year’s general election. They are therefore the first big test for the Labour government – but also for Reform’s Nigel Farage. Farage has led his party into elections before but not…

Reform leader hopeful of win against Labour while Tories face losing hundreds of seats in the local elections in England

Exclusive: Professor Sir John Curtice says the big winner of the local elections is already Nigel Farage, whose party he claims has ‘murdered the Tories’

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

With local elections looming, the Lib Dem leader has moved on from Brexit in a bid to woo disillusioned former Tories

Labour mismanagement of Welsh public services and an unambitious Conservative party are a gift to Nigel Farage, says Guardian columnist Will Hayward

It’s great for those who enjoy a punch-up on the right, but as the zealots duke it out, think of the voters who trusted them, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

Rupert Lowe denies the claims and says he is seen as a ‘tall poppy’ who threatens to overshadow Nigel Farage.

Rupert Lowe lost the whip last Friday amid allegations about his conduct, which he denies.

The Great Yarmouth MP said Mr Farage ‘tends to fall out with’ people whom he deems ‘capable enough to take over from him’.

The Great Yarmouth MP said Nigel Farage ‘tends to fall out with’ people whom he deems ‘capable enough to take over from him’