Tories lost nearly 500 councillors, 10 councils and the West Midlands mayoralty in the elections. Source link
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Rwanda won't guarantee how many migrants it will take
Government spokesperson Yolande Maloko also feels Rwanda has been “attacked unjustly”. Source link
Chris Mason: An evening of drama as Labour squeak West Midlands win
Labour won with just over 1,500 votes more than the Tories in an incredibly close race. Source link
Laura Kuenssberg: Are Tories resigned to electoral fate under Rishi Sunak?
It’s like a roll call of towns and areas where the Labour party hopes to win MPs at the general election. Add in the Lib Dems taking Dorset council, Tunbridge Wells and kicked the Tories out of control in Gloucester, and, in fact, winning more councillors than the Conservatives for the first time since 1996....
How Sadiq Khan won over London for the third time
The Labour candidate clinched a third-successive term as mayor of London – but what next? Source link
Andy Burnham ‘ready to fight harder’ as re-elected Manchester mayor
Labour candidate Andy Burnham has won another term as Greater Manchester mayor with more than 420,000 votes. He cruised to victory for Labour, as the Conservatives come in second place with 68,946 votes. In his victory speech Burnham vowed to “fight harder than I have ever fought for anything before, for a Greater Manchester where...
Andy Burnham wins third term as mayor
The Labour mayor’s overwhelming win saw him receive almost two-thirds of the votes cast. Source link
Liverpool region mayor tells government ‘enough is enough’
Steve Rotheram said voters in his region have “hollered at the top of their voices” in the mayoral election. The re-elected Labour Liverpool City regional mayor was re-elected and said “locally Labour is delivering in power”. The Labour mayor added that the message people in his patch were telling the government was “enough is enough”....
Steve Rotheram wins third term as mayor
The Labour mayor beat his nearest rival by more than 156,000 votes and increased his vote share. Source link
Labour says it must rebuild trust with Muslim voters
The party’s Gaza stance appears to have dented its support in Muslim areas at the local elections. Source link