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Starmer hails ‘incredible’ swing as Labour wins byelection and Tories suffer heavy losses in local elections – live
Chris Webb wins back ‘red wall’ Blackpool South seat held by Tories since 2019Local elections 2024:...
Key points as early local election results indicate major losses for Tories
With fewer than a third of council elections declared, the Conservative party appeared on course to...
‘Give an X’: YouTubers join Michael Sheen in urging young Britons to vote
Campaign draws on performers and artists to encourage 300,000 more young people to register ahead of...
London estate laundry celebrates fresh start as council backs down on closure
Community facility on UK’s first council estate reopens after outcry at local authority’s attempt to hike...
San Francisco’s ‘Twitter Menace’ or True Believer? He Might Be Both.
The deep pockets of the tech investor Garry Tan are valued by his allies, but his...
Wednesday briefing: The bizarre Tory attack on Sadiq Khan – and what the London mayoral race might bring
In today’s newsletter: Inside the buildup to the 2 May vote, and what the result might...
Cities Face Cutbacks as Commercial Real Estate Prices Tumble
Lost tax revenue fuels concerns over an urban ‘doom loop.’
Tories fear losing half their seats in May local polls as pre-election budget flops
Victories in councils won during Boris Johnson’s ‘vaccine boost’ of 2021 face wipeout, leaving Rishi Sunak’s...
Trump’s Allies Ramp Up Campaign Targeting Voter Rolls
Calling themselves investigators, activists are using new data tools and disputed legal theories to urge officials...
‘A huge step back for the city’: people in Birmingham on council budget cuts
Proposals to reduce funding for services from bin collections to social care, arts and libraries leave...
Let Tesla Expand? Germans Vote No.
A local town’s vote against the U.S. automaker’s proposed expansion is nonbinding, but citizens expect it...
Councils call for funding help as more Ukrainian refugees become homeless
Continuation of war has left more refugees unsettled, with councils stepping in to to relieve most...
Failure to fix council funding crisis threatens Tory election pledge, adviser warns
Andy Haldane, government’s top levelling-up adviser, calls for urgent rethink to prevent deeper cuts across EnglandThe...
Friday briefing: Labour hand the Tories two painful byelection defeats
In today’s newsletter: A good night for Keir Starmer and a bad one for Rishi Sunak...
Charities warn of ‘devastating knock-on impact’ of English councils’ financial crisis
Exclusive: Local voluntary groups forced to cut services or close as council funding pulledWhen a Citizens...
Parents plead for help after girl, one, taken to hospital six times due to mould
Father of Dareen Nuru says they have been told to move out of south London flat...
London schools may be mothballed as student numbers fall
Capital’s councils say they are struggling to keep schools open as pupil funding dries upLondon’s councils...
Developer of Las Vegas-style Sphere in east London withdraws plans
MSG says it cannot continue to take part in process that was ‘political football between rival...
