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Reform spent just £5.5m on the 2024 election, while Labour’s majority cost £30m – new data

The 2024 election was the most expensive in British political history, new figures confirm. Across parties, candidates and third parties, a whopping £94.5 million was spent. This compares with £72.6 million in 2019, which was a record high.

The Conversation

At Glastonbury, I saw what England’s silent majority really looks like. Why aren’t politicians listening?

Orthodox politics no longer represents how people feel about the world. Sooner or later, something will have to give, says Guardian columnist John Harris

The Guardian - UK

Starmer is turning into ‘continuity Rishi Sunak’, says Liberal Democrats leader

Exclusive: PM lacks ambition and vision, says Ed Davey in damning assessment of first 12 months in power

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Farage as PM could push independence support close to 60%, poll suggests

Support for independence currently sits at 54%.

Evening Standard

Why, after decades pushing right-wing causes, Farage has made a handbrake turn to the left

NEWS ANALYSIS: After around three decades in politics, Nigel Farage has begun to adopt left-wing policies. Political editor David Maddox explains why

The Independent UK

The 10 English councils left with no overall party control and who leads them

Gains for Reform and Liberal Democrats saw some councils left under no overall control

The Independent UK

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.

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Reform UK’s victories are just the latest chapter of political fragmentation

Farage’s party has benefited this time as voters flee the main parties, but there are faultlines within its own coalition too

The Guardian - UK

Reform sweep to victory across councils in local elections

The party has taken control of seven local councils, winning hundreds of seats across localities from Durham to Kent.

Evening Standard

Local elections 2025 full results: Reform gain new MP and control of first councils as Tories and Labour falter

Reform have made huge gains, beating Labour at the Runcorn by-election and seizing control of Kent, Staffordshire, Durham, Derbyshire and Lincolnshire councils

Evening Standard

Local and mayoral elections: Key results so far

No party won more than a quarter of the share of the vote in the West of England mayoral election.

The Independent UK

Local elections 2025: Hour-by-hour guide to results

The first results are likely around 2am on Friday May 2.

Evening Standard

‘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

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

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The Independent UK

Labour crisis as the city of John Prescott turns its back on Starmer

Canvass returns seen by The Independent suggest that Labour could be a distant third to Reform and the Lib Dems in their former heartland of Hull and East Yorkshire

The Independent UK

Key seats to watch in the 2025 local elections

NEWS ANALYSIS: Will a string of controversial policies be Labour’s downfall at the ballot box? And will Reform surge ahead leaving the Tories in their wake as pollsters predict? Kate Devlin looks at where the votes will count the most on 1 May

The Guardian - UK

Tory mayor joins calls for deal with Reform UK at next general election

Ben Houchen, the Tees Valley mayor says there will ‘have to be a coming together’ of the two rightwing parties

Evening Standard

‘Headphone dodgers’ may not be able to afford £1,000 fines, says Badenoch

The Liberal Democrats have proposed steep fines for people playing music out loud from their phones on public transport.

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Tory Meltdown Alert as Voters Flee Before Local Polls

It’s no secret that Labour's been struggling lately, dropping from the high 40s in the polls to less than half that in just a year.

The Guardian - UK

Lib Dems hoping anti-Trump stance will give them boost in local elections

Labour and Tories’ reluctance to criticise US president could pave way for gains in May’s council and mayoral ballots

The Guardian - UK

Ed Davey has a cunning plan to win over the protest voters: speak globally, think locally

With local elections looming, the Lib Dem leader has moved on from Brexit in a bid to woo disillusioned former Tories

The Guardian - UK

Millions of Britons brace for across-the-board bill rises in ‘awful April’

Ministers urged to act as energy, water, car tax, TV licences and a string of other increases squeeze households

The Independent UK

Liberal Democrats take aim at Tory place as ‘party of Middle England’ in local elections

The Liberal Democrats are hoping to erode the Conservative vote at the local elections in May.

Evening Standard

Lib Dems take aim at Tory place as ‘party of Middle England’ in local elections

The Liberal Democrats are hoping to erode the Conservative vote at the local elections in May.

The Guardian - UK

Kemi Badenoch is failing to hit the spot at PMQs – and everywhere else

The Conservative leader isn’t convincing fellow Tories that she possesses a viable route map to recovery

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