The Latest Breaking News on Analysis: If Susan Hall revs up her Ulez campaign, she pushes Green voters towards Sadiq Khan

Brexit is over. That’s the big story of English local elections that you might, understandably, have missed amidst the Coronation and yet another long weekend. That story is bad news for Rishi Sunak and the Tories, though it may also one day pose some challenges for Sir Keir Starmer too.

Compare the rightwing and progressive local election votes, and see why PR is more vital than ever, says Neal Lawson, director of the cross-party campaign organisation Compass

For decades, the Tories have perfected the psychological trick of displacing their own negative traits and failures on to their enemies, says writer Samuel Earle

Polling expert John Curtice says results in group of key marginals would hand Keir Starmer a slim majority if replicated at election

Greg Hands accused of having negative impact in ‘blue wall’ south, while Rishi Sunak under fire over ‘major mistake’

The Tories shed 960 councillors across England in Thursday’s elections in a result approaching the party’s most pessimistic predictions.

Shadow health secretary Wes Streeting says Labour is ‘not even entertaining’ the prospect of a coalition with the Liberal Democrats

Earlier this week, the Tories lost over 1000 councillors and seven councils during England’s local elections, and Labour gained 536 councillors.

Shadow health secretary Wes Streeting said: ‘We’re just not in that ballpark of talking about coalition governments.’

Lucy Frazer was shown clips of furious Tory councillors saying the Government has 'let people down', but brazenly claimed things picked up for the party during a bruising campaign for Rishi Sunak

Labour and the Lib Dems are looking to Southport at the next general election