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Labour targets international students claiming asylum after election losses to Reform

Exclusive: Ministers understood to be drafting white paper this month in move to reduce legal migration

The Guardian - UK · May 3, 2025

Tories lose 15 councils amid Reform’s local elections surge

Reform was the main beneficiary of the Conservative collapse, winning more than 600 seats and taking control of 10 local authorities.

Evening Standard · May 2, 2025

Lib Dems now ‘party of middle England’, says Davey as party makes gains

As the Tories faced a Reform UK surge in the North and parts of the Midlands, the Lib Dems put the squeeze on their vote further south.

Evening Standard · May 2, 2025

Voters name ‘none of the above’ as most popular candidate before local elections

Labour’s Keir Starmer, Reform’s Nigel Farage, the Conservative’s Kemi Badenoch and Lib Dem’s Ed Davey all trailing as voters prepare to go to the polls on Thursday

The Independent UK · Apr 29, 2025

‘Tories are not listening’: Ed Davey sure Lib Dems can woo more disgruntled voters

Leader hopes local elections in many traditionally Conservative areas will help party build on recent success

The Guardian - UK · Apr 27, 2025

Kemi Badenoch says Lib Dems are people who fix church roofs. Yes: that’s why we’re popular and she isn‘t

It may baffle our rivals, but we are proud to be local representatives who care about their communities, says Ed Davey, leader of the Lib Dems

The Guardian - UK · Apr 27, 2025

Why these are the most important local elections since Boris Johnson won London in 2008

NEWS ANALYSIS: Polls have put Reform UK ahead for months now but these local elections will be the first test of whether the traditional two-party Labour-Tory grip on British politics is under threat, writes David Maddox

The Independent UK · Apr 26, 2025

Call to fine ‘headphone dodgers’ £1000 for blasting music on buses and trains

Sir Keir Starmer urged to crack down on antisocial so-called ‘headphone dodgers’

The Independent UK · Apr 23, 2025

Starmer urged to end benefit reassessments for those with learning disabilities

Sir Keir Starmer was questioned about personal independence payments at PMQs.

Evening Standard · Apr 23, 2025

London council spent £13,400 making public toilets gender neutral

Kingston Council paid thousands to make toilets at Latchmere Recreation Ground in Battersea gender neutral

Evening Standard · Apr 19, 2025