All news on the topic: Local elections

A former Labour MP has said the Conservatives should not allow a former neo-Nazi who was jailed for antisemitic abuse against her to stand as a local election candidate.

“Identity politics is tearing communities apart”, the former leader of Oldham council has warned, in the week marking the 25th anniversary of race riots across the north of England.

A newly elected Reform councillor admitted that she has no idea what she is voting for.

Andy Burnham’s effort to return to Parliament has been criticized by opposition MPs over the potential cost of a by-election for his position as Greater Manchester mayor.

At least four newly-elected Reform UK councillors seem to have been suspended, expelled, or have resigned their seats entirely since the local elections in England.

Keir Starmer is under pressure to establish a timeline for his departure after a significant defeat in elections throughout Britain led senior Labour MPs to urge him to step down within a year.

Nigel Farage has declared Reform UK a "national party" after making huge gains in the local elections.

A Reform UK councillor was mocked on Friday after confusing his party with UKIP – which he previously represented – in what appeared to be a Freudian slip.

The 2026 local elections are the biggest electoral test for Sir Keir Starmer since the entire country last went to the polls two years ago.

Polling has opened across England, Scotland, and Wales in a series of local, mayoral, and parliamentary contests – the biggest electoral test Keir Starmer and the Labour government have faced since the 2024 general election.

Labour is preparing for record-breaking losses in Thursday’s local elections in England, which could be decisive for Keir Starmer’s future as prime minister.

Zack Polanski’s popularity ratings have taken a major hit days before crucial local elections following a row with the chief of the Metropolitan Police over a post he shared about the Golders Green stabbings.

Keir Starmer will this week launch a last-minute effort to convince voters he is on their side as he persists in his campaign ahead of challenging local election results.

Daniel Devaney, standing in the local elections for Nigel Farage’s party in Bradford, posted on Facebook about ‘blasting’ followers of Islam off the face of the Earth.

The nephew of convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell is standing for election as a London borough councillor in May.

Nigel Farage criticized Sir Keir Starmer, calling him the “most unpopular prime minister in living memory,” as he revealed Reform UK’s slogan for the upcoming local elections.

Keir Starmer has used a series of new workers rights that come into force on Monday to attack the Green party, saying a vote for Labour’s rivals puts such progress on sick pay.

The Energy Secretary is expected to approve Jackdaw drilling as the Iran war puts pressure on the government.

Bursa Mayor Mustafa Bozbey and 54 others were detained on Tuesday in a sweeping corruption probe, a move the opposition condemned as politically motivated.

Serbia’s ruling party is deploying millions of dinars in campaign cash and American “phantom” monitors to lock down Sunday’s local elections for fewer than 250,000 voters.

Allies of Angela Rayner are said to be becoming increasingly confident that an HMRC probe into her tax affairs will be resolved before the May local elections, seen by many as the moment where Sir Keir Starmer is most likely to be ousted.