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Once a pro-remain Cameronite, he’s now engaging with the far right – and he’s in pole position for the Tory leadership, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

Labour’s former shadow chancellor John McDonnell has declared that Keir Starmer’s government has driven “a knife into the heart of what I believed Labour stood for” and called for party members, unions and MPs to take back control.

Reform’s victory at Runcorn & Helsby has set a new record for the smallest majority at a parliamentary by-election since the end of the Second World War

If there were such a thing as landslide victories for local elections, Reform could easily claim to have won one in 2025. Out of the 1,641 seats available, Nigel Farage’s party came away with 677 – that’s more than 41%. The Liberal Democrats came second with 370 (a net gain…

Slicker presentation, a shift away from two-party politics and now hundreds of new councillors mean Reform is likely here to stay

Nigel Farage never won a by-election afresh with Ukip, but has now done so for the first time with Reform UK

ANALYSIS: After May 1, there might be no Conservative heartlands left in the country, writes Hannah Bunting

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