30 m. ago Kemi Badenoch accused of 'throwing in towel' after odd remark on Tory infighting

Tory leader Kemi Badenoch has been accused of throwing in the towel ahead of the local elections after admitting it would take a while to convince the public the party has a 'credible offer'

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20 h. ago Lib Dems launch ‘Farage fighting fund’ to stem Reform threat at local elections

Party receives £100,000 from donors ahead of voting across England on May 1

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23 h. ago Reform surge in local elections could hand Lib Dems seats and hammer Tories who have the 'most to lose', polling guru says

Professor John Curtice said Nigel Farage's party might not be the 'big winners' from the contests on May 1 despite high levels of support.

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28 h. ago JOHN CURTICE: 'Reform UK may have just enough support to win hundreds of seats from Tories'

Sir John Curtice - of the country's top elections experts - writes in The Mirror the Tories 'have the most to lose' when voters head to ballot box in next week's local elections

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28 h. ago Local elections 2025: Tories face losing hundreds of seats, top election expert suggests

In an article for The Mirror, Professor Sir John Curtice says Conservatives have the 'most to lose' when voters head to the ballot box in local elections on May 1

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44 h. 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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49 h. ago Why Reform winning big in the local elections could backfire for Nigel Farage

Nigel Farage needs to win big in the local elections and Runcorn by-election on 1 May to prove it is a potential party of government. But The Independent’s political editor David Maddox explains why victory could ultimately be Farage’s undoing

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63 h. ago Miliband in blistering attack on Farage’s UK net zero ‘nonsense and lies’

The energy secretary has accused Reform UK’s leader of peddling dangerous falsehoods about renewable power• Tories and Reform use the steel crisis to knock clean energy. They’re wrong: it will secure all our futuresEd Miliband has torn into Nigel Farage and the Tories for peddling dangerous “nonsense and lies” by suggesting the UK’s net zero target is responsible for destroying Britain’s businesses, including its steel industry.Cabinet ministers are determined to fight back against the way Reform UK and the Conservatives have unceremoniously lambasted the climate crisis agenda for what they believe are nakedly political reasons before important local elections next month. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Reform UK 'in talks with Liz Truss' as Nigel Farage looks to take on 'The Blob'

After winning five seats at last summer's general election, Reform are seeking to win hundreds of council seats at next month's local elections in England.

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4 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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5 d. ago Just a QUARTER of Brits believe Labour 'cares about ordinary people'

YouGov research has found just 24 per cent credit the party with the quality, down from 27 per cent two months ago.

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6 d. ago Farage warns Reform is parking its 'tanks' on Labour's lawn and of 'Nige

In a major speech in Durham, the Reform leader insisted Labour had just as much to fear from his insurgent party as the Tories in its traditional working-class heartlands.

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6 d. ago Watch: Nigel Farage makes Reform UK campaign speech in Durham in run

Watch as Nigel Farage makes a Reform UK campaign speech in County Durham on Tuesday, 15 April, ahead of May's local elections.

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6 d. ago 'I refused to give entitled man my plane seat – what he did next enraged me'

A woman has shared her frustration after a fellow passenger demanded she swap seats with him so he could sit next to his wife on an 11-hour flight - and she's not happy

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6 d. ago Watch live: Nigel Farage makes Reform UK campaign speech in Durham in run

Watch live as Nigel Farage makes a Reform UK campaign speech in County Durham on Tuesday, 15 April, ahead of May's local elections.

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6 d. ago Newmains Community Action Plan officially launched at NCT Centre event

Representatives from Newmains Community Trust (NCT), Newmains & District Community Council, Councillor Geraldine Woods, the council’s communities convener, local elected members, and North Lanarkshire Council’s Community Partnership Team attended the official launch.

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7 d. ago Panic stations for Starmer as poll finds Reform is on track to smash Labour's 'Red Wall'

Support for Nigel Farage's Reform has surged in traditional Labour strongholds across the North and Midlands - from 18 per cent at the general election to 30 per cent.

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7 d. ago CRAIG BROWN: In which Reform gets its house of horrors in order...

Upset by 'unfounded' reports his party is fielding candidates with 'unsavoury pasts' in the local elections, Reform UK's chief vetting officer Norman Bates, has vowed to 'tighten up' procedures.

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7 d. ago Local elections 2025: Everything you need to know as millions to vote in May

Everything you need to know about the local elections are taking place across the UK in May

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8 d. ago Octopus postcode electricity plan could lead to higher bills in key part of UK

The energy giant is urging the government to introduce regional tariffs based on local supply and demand - a move that could see electricity costs rise in the South East

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