7 h. ago Downing Street ramps up efforts to stop housing asylum seekers in hotels after Reform surge in local elections

Senior Labour politicians believe the approach is having a negative effect on the government's popularity and is playing directly into Nigel Farage's hands.

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9 h. ago Main party leaders under pressure as Reform sweeps to victory in local elections

Reform picked up 10 councils and more than 600 seats in an election that Nigel Farage hailed as ‘the death of the Conservative Party’.

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10 h. ago Tory wipeout as Conservatives lose every single council and Labour is decimated... while Nigel Farage's Reform bags local election landslide

The Conservative Party has lost every council it was defending in the elections after it found itself squeezed between Reform UK and the Liberal Democrats.

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11 h. ago Map shows the councils that have turned turquoise as Reform make huge gains

Reform saw some big wins at the local elections

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13 h. ago Local election results live: Reform wins spate of councils as Farage gloats that Tories are ‘finished’

Reform snatched a dramatic victory in the Runcorn by-election, beating Labour by six votes

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14 h. ago Local elections 2025: Live results map for every council and mayoral race

The local election results are being declared as councils tally up votes

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14 h. ago Keir Starmer urged to listen to voters amid Labour anger over by

Keir Starmer said Labour understood people's frustrations and vowed to go 'further and faster' to bring about change after a bruising local election night saw Reform make gains

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14 h. ago England 2025 local election results in full: Live updates of council results

Nigel Farage's Reform has routed the Tories and Labour in their backyards, securing a swathe of big authorities for the first time because of a Conservative collapse.

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14 h. ago Map: Where have Reform performed best in local council elections?

Results are still being counted, but Reform has already won majority control of seven councils and won hundreds of seats.

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14 h. ago Nigel Farage’s Reform UK hammers Tories and Labour in local election rout

Big two parties lose ground while rightwing rival surges in council and mayoral polls

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14 h. ago Farage claims transformation of British politics as Reform makes major gains

Widespread local election wins raise prospect of populist party becoming Labour’s main opposition

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14 h. ago From Olympians to Love Island stars: How did famous candidates do in the local elections?

A host of famous names appeared on ballot papers across the country as voters went to the polls

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14 h. ago ‘Apocalyptic’: Tory wipeout as Farage storms English councils

Reform party’s rout in local elections poses huge challenges for Conservatives and Labour

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15 h. ago Badenoch apologises as Tories suffer heavy local election defeat

The Tory leader conceded the public was ‘still not yet ready to trust us’ after losing hundreds of councillors in a Reform UK surge.

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16 h. ago Local elections 2025: All the bombshells from Tory bloodbath to Reform's victories

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage boasted that the results showed the 'beginning of the end of the Conservative Party'. Here The Mirror looks at the key moments from the 2025 local elections

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16 h. ago Tory plotting already underway to replace Kemi Badenoch as leader after local elections disaster

Exclusive: Senior Tories plan to ask Robert Jenrick to make a bid to become Tory leader

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17 h. ago Full list of councils Reform control following local elections 2025

Reform has taken over a number of councils in the local elections - including Lancashire County Council

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17 h. ago English local elections live: Farage says ‘it’s the beginning of the end of the Conservative party’ after sweeping Reform triumphs

Starmer acknowledges ‘disappointing’ results as Badenoch says it was ‘always going to be a very difficult set of elections’Local elections: full mayoral and council resultsStarmer under fire from Labour MPs after Runcorn lossIs Farage’s quest to rid Reform of ‘amateurism’ paying off?Reform UK has won three of the first five wards declared at Northumberland County Council, with Labour and the Conservatives picking up one each, PA reports.There are 67 seats on the council, with the Conservatives defending 33, Labour 18, the Liberal Democrats four and Greens two, while there were 10 independent councillors. Continue reading...

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17 h. ago Voices: John Rentoul answers your questions on Reform’s rise – and how Labour and the Tories can respond to Farage

In a live Q&A, The Independent’s chief political commentator John Rentoul fielded readers’ questions on the rise of Reform, Farage’s prospects, and how Labour and the Tories can respond to the new political threat

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17 h. ago Conservatives and Labour lose ground to Reform in local elections

Votes were continuing to be counted in council and mayoral contests on Friday afternoon.

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