1 hour ago Reform’s Andrea Jenkyns cleared to run for Lincolnshire mayor just days before election

Dame Andrea said the move to prevent her from standing was a ‘political hit job aimed at smearing my candidacy’

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2 h. ago Reform facing humiliation as Andrea Jenkyns still not cleared to run for Lincolnshire mayor with days until election

With just days to go before voters go to the ballot box in Lincolnshire to elect a new mayor a decision has been deferred on whether Reform’s Dame Andrea Jenkyns meets residency qualification criteria to stand as mayor

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6 h. ago Reform and Labour tied at the top ahead of local elections, poll shows

The Conservatives have the most seats to lose in next week’s local elections

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8 h. ago Reform UK on course to win in two mayoral contests – UK politics live

Polling predicts victory for party in Greater Lincolnshire and Hull/East Yorkshire with the Greens possibly taking West of EnglandThere are six mayoral elections next week. Two of them are for single-authority mayors (Doncaster and North Tyneside), but the others are for combined-authority mayors (or regional mayors – like metro mayors, but not just covering city regions). Today YouGov has released polling covering all four of these contests and it suggests Reform UK is on course to win two of them easily. And the Green party is narrowly ahead in a third, the poll suggests.Here are the polling figures.In theory the Tories should be winning in Lincolnshire as they hold most of the parliamentary seats in the area and have dominated local politics forever. But it’s also the most Reform-friendly part of the country. It contains Richard Tice’s constituency and numerous seats in which they came second. Plus their candidate is a former Tory MP – Andrea Jenkyns, famous for her Boris Johnson...

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8 h. ago ‘It’s Fleabag’s home – the audience is unshockable’: Phoebe Waller

The central London institution champions new talent, amplifies LGBTQ+ voices and always takes risks. With a new outpost opening in Walthamstow, artists discuss how the West End venue is not just a place – it’s a philosophyA fixture on London’s Dean Street for 25 years, Soho theatre has hatched plays that won Oliviers, shows that earned the Edinburgh comedy award and ideas that became TV hits. On any night, across its upstairs studio theatre, its main house and basement cabaret bar, you’ll find plays from new writers, experimentations in clowning, drag performance, standup comedy, or a hybrid of them all.In those rooms, I’ve watched American clown Natalie Palamides giving such a spirited performance that she vomited on stage, dancer and comedian Adrienne Truscott challenging rape jokes, and performance artist Kim Noble pushing audiences beyond comfort. I’ve sung along to ballads with sketch group Daphne, and folk songs with Sh!t Theatre. Continue reading...

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8 h. ago Reform on course to beat Labour and the Tories in Red Wall mayoral elections as polls suggest a bad night for main parties

Andrea Jenkyns, the former Tory minister, is set to romp home in Greater Lincolnshire, while in neighbouring Hull and East Yorkshire, former boxer Luke Campbell is ahead.

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18 h. ago Local elections 2025: Guide to every council and mayoral contest

A total of 1,641 council seats are up for grabs across 23 local authorities.

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18 h. ago Opinion polls suggest unsettled public mood ahead of May 1 elections

An average of polls completed in the seven days to April 20 puts Reform on 25%, Labour on 23% and the Tories on 21%.

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25 h. ago Tories accuse Labour of lining up ‘crony’ to head new football regulator

Former journalist and media executive David Kogan is said to be a leading candidate.

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33 h. ago Tories face 'losing 500 seats' in election hammering by Reform in North and Lib Dems in London commuter belt

The town hall polls are a test of Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage’s leaderships

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58 h. ago Tories urged to ‘come clean’ on Reform after Jenrick ‘coalition’ comments

In an audio recording obtained by Sky News, the shadow justice secretary said that he wants the ‘fight’ against Labour to be ‘united’.

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64 h. ago The left is rising, and the far right is reeling. Will I finally see the Finland I dreamed of? | Mike Watson

My adopted home has been a dark place of late. But in last week’s local elections, voters turned against cruel politics – and raised hopes of a more progressive futureThe Finns say “spring comes in swinging” – when winter gives way to spring, and green shoots meet the final flurries of snow, often well into April. In Finnish politics, too, some hope is beginning to emerge after a long, dark winter.In municipal, regional and mayoral elections held across the country last week, rightwing populist parties were roundly defeated, while parties on the left gained ground. In particular, the far-right Finns party saw its vote share collapse, from 20% in the general election of 2023 to as low as 7.6% now. This leaves the coalition government of which it forms a part severely weakened and the centre-left Social Democratic party (SDP) with the biggest vote share nationwide (23%). When the Finns party leader, Riikka Purra, admitted defeat on results night, she complained that a punainen aalto, ...

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69 h. ago Last chance to apply for emergency photo ID for upcoming local elections

The deadline is fast approaching for voters in England to secure the necessary photo identification to participate in next week's local and mayoral elections.

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5 d. ago Nigel Farage's Reform UK party would win a General Election held now, poll shows

The More in Common polling of over 16,000 voters suggests Labour could lose 246 MPs, including 10 Cabinet ministers, with major losses in the so-called red wall

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5 d. ago WWE Wrestlemania 41 night one results: New champions galore and Paul Heyman turns on everyone

It was a wild night of action as several new champions were crowned while the main event between CM Punk, Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins was one for the history books

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5 d. ago WWE WrestleMania 41 LIVE: Night One card, start time, results and latest news as main event gets underway after THREE titles change hands

Follow Mail Sport's live blog from Night One of WrestleMania XLI for the start time, latest results and news. 

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6 d. ago ‘Zohran Mamdani represents the future New York’: socialist riding high in bid to be mayor

The progressive democrat from Queens is the son of a famous film-maker and poised to take on front-runner Andrew CuomoCan a 33-year-old cricket-playing socialist, who wants to freeze rent, make city transport free and once aspired to be a rapper win an already turbulent election to become the next mayor of New York?Zohran Mamdani, a democratic socialist and state assembly ­member in Queens, has been the surprise package in the Democratic primary and is now poised to take on the frontrunner in the race, ex-state governor Andrew Cuomo, who is mounting a political comeback after being forced from office in the face of a series of sexual harassment claims. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago More problems for Farage as Andrea Jenkyns faces bid to disqualify her from mayoral election

A council in Lincolnshire will hold a hearing next week to decide if Dame Andrea Jenkyns is eligble to stand as mayor for the county amid allegations she does not live in the county

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7 d. ago Estimated declaration times for May 1 local and mayoral elections

Polling day will see elections taking place in 23 councils in England, while six mayors will also be chosen.

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1 week ago Shock poll predicts Labour could finish fourth at 2026 Holyrood election

Analysis of the Find Out Now survey by polling guru John Curtice puts Labour on just 14 seats - behind the SNP, Greens and Tories.

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