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Partial results show losses for Starmer’s Labour and wins for Reform UK in local elections

Partial results from local elections in England showed large losses for Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s governing Labour Party and gains for the hard-right party Reform U.K. The votes are being widely seen as an unofficial referendum on Starmer, elected less than two years ago

The Independent UK

Sir John Curtice delivers blunt verdict on Starmer as Labour braces for election losses

Sir Keir Starmer has “never been as popular” as his Labour Party, elections expert Professor Sir John Curtice said as he analyzed the prime minister’s role in his party’s poor polling ahead of the local elections.

The Independent UK

London local elections: Which boroughs have mayors and who will win?

Residents in Newham, Hackney, Tower Hamlets, Lewisham and Croydon will cast their votes to appoint a mayor for their council

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Keir Starmer faces judgment day as millions head to polling stations

The Prime Minister has acknowledged the elections will be ‘a challenge’ but in a final plea to voters he urged them to ‘choose unity over division’.

Evening Standard

Labour’s deputy leader backs Starmer as PM – but wants Andy Burnham back in Westminster

Lucy Powell said she would ‘absolutely’ want ‘incredibly popular’ Greater Manchester mayor to return as an MP

The Independent UK

Powell supports Starmer on eve of elections but backs Burnham return as MP

The Manchester Central MP said the Prime Minister was the right leader for this moment in time.

Evening Standard

Local elections could hasten the exit of Britain's embattled prime minister

British voters are casting ballots in elections that could hasten the end of Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s troubled term

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‘Smear’ row hits Labour: Councillor accuses party staff of putting false racism claims on his official file

Redbridge councillor Tanweer Khan warns there are ‘rogue individuals’ in Labour who ‘need to be removed or they will destroy the party’

Evening Standard

‘It’d be nice to get a clear out and start again’: Labour facing battle on both fronts in the city where it was born

LOCAL ELECTIONS: Labour can trace its roots back to Bradford – but the city, which has battled deindustrialisation, could be about to move on from Keir Starmer’s party, as Dan Haygarth finds out

The Independent UK

Candidates vying to replace PM like ‘auditions for Labour Celebrity Traitors’

SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn hit out at the ‘squabbling’ and ‘political infighting’ in Sir Keir Starmer’s party.

The Independent UK

Four charged with computer misuse in Labour candidate selection scandal

Four individuals have been charged in connection with allegations of manipulating a Labour Party database to influence a candidate's selection. Joel Bodmer, Shila Bodmer, Carole Bonner, and Gabriel Leroy face charges under the Criminal Law Act 1977 and the Computer Misuse Act 1990. Joel Bodmer is also accused of perverting…

The Independent UK

‘I know where the bodies are buried’ says London ex-Labour councillor after defecting to Lib Dems

East Acton councillor Kate Crawford left the Labour Party for the Ealing Liberal Democrats this week

Evening Standard

Keir Starmer ‘to make Sadiq Khan a lord’

The prime minister is expected to hand the London Mayor a peerage in the wake of the May local elections

The Independent UK

Who was Phil Woolas? Former UK Labour minister dies of brain cancer at 66

Phil Woolas, a former Labour Party minister who served in the governments of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, has died at the age of 66 after battling brain cancer, his family and close friends announced on Saturday.

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UK releases files on Epstein friend Mandelson’s US envoy appointment; documents reveal PM was warned of ‘reputational risk’

The British government released documents concerning Peter Mandelson's appointment as UK ambassador to the US, following revelations of his past friendship with Jeffrey Epstein. Prime Minister Keir Starmer faced pressure after a due diligence report warned of reputational risk, and Mandelson was later dismissed after maintaining contact with Epstein post-conviction.

The Independent UK

Independent Women 2026 – The Influence List

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY 2026: Marking International Women’s Day, The Independent has compiled its annual list of the 50 most influential women across the worlds of politics, sport, the arts, media, business, fashion and activism – all united by their extraordinary impact on UK women’s lives

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Margaret Aspinall: Why I’m not afraid to tell Starmer how it is, and the women we should really be praising

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY 2026: Margaret Aspinall, who has campaigned tirelessly for justice since her son was killed in the Hillsborough disaster, speaks to Dan Haygarth as she features on The Independent’s influence list this International Women’s Day

International Business Times UK

Who is Joani Reid? Quick Facts on the Labour MP Who Recently Stepped Down Because Her Husband Was Arrested

Scottish MP Joani Reid resigns Labour whip following her husband's arrest on suspicion of spying for China. Explore her career and personal life.

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Labour MP suspended after husband arrested on suspicion of spying for China

Joani Reid has said she ‘voluntarily’ suspended herself from the Labour whip ‘until internal investigations are concluded’

The Independent UK

Embattled Starmer tells Labour MPs his leadership represents the ‘mainstream majority’

The prime minister addressed a meeting of Labour MPs for the first time since the party suffered a humiliating defeat last week in Gorton and Denton

Evening Standard

‘Mainstream majority’ do not want Farage or Polanski as PM, Keir Starmer says

The Prime Minister spoke to backbenchers at a meeting of the Parliamentary Labour Party on Monday.

The Independent UK

Farage branded ‘hypocrite’ after meeting Labour activist accused of extremism by Reform

Labour have suspended Arshad Khatana after Reform’s Robert Jenrick made allegations about him and linked him to chancellor Rachel Reeves

The Independent UK

Former MP Conor McGinn denies sexually assaulting woman on night out

Former MP for St Helens North was suspended by Labour Party in 2022 after complaint was made against him

The Independent UK

Takeaways from a UK special election won by the Green Party over Starmer's Labour

Britain’s Green Party has scored a surprise victory in a special election for a seat in Parliament in a blow for Prime Minister Keir Starmer and his Labour Party

The Independent UK

A special election in England pits Starmer's Labour against rivals to left and right

A special election in England on Thursday has become a big test for Prime Minister Keir Starmer and his struggling Labour Party government

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