No 10 prepares for battle as party loses seats in heartlands and control of councils in Hartlepool, Tameside, Redditch and Tamworth

Labour is resigned to losses but who its voters switch to will be crucial in shaping the new political landscape

Labour Party faces significant challenges in local and Assembly elections, risking major losses across the U.K. this May.

Reform runaway winners in north-east, likely pushing Labour into opposition in Hartlepool, with other losses for Starmer in Chorley, Wigan, Redditch and Tamworth

No 10 prepares for battle as party loses seats in heartlands and control of councils in Hartlepool, Tameside, Redditch and Tamworth

The votes are being widely seen as an unofficial referendum on the prime minister, whose popularity has plummeted.

Leader defiant in face of calls from some of his MPs to quit but admits ‘results are tough, and there’s no sugarcoating it’

By 8 am local time, Nigel Farage's anti-immigrant Reform UK had gained over 350 seats, while Labour under Keir Starmer had lost over 240 across 40 of the 136 English councils to…

UK PM Keir Starmer vowed to fight on after his Labour Party suffered heavy losses in local elections that deepened doubts over his ability to govern.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer vowed that he would not stand aside after Labour took a beating in local elections in England, Wales and Scotland.

Results are undoubtedly bad but expectations had been set even lower, and any potential challengers are quiet for now

Plaid Cymru set to take power in Wales and SNP to retain it in Scotland, but Reform made big gains in both nations

Even if all the results were not as catastrophic as expected for Labour, the writing is on the wall for the old ways of doing politics, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

Senior Labour MPs urge prime minister to step down within year as party suffers loss of hundreds of English council seats and humbling in Wales

In the coming days I will be setting out our path to break with the status quo once and for all by building a stronger and fairer UK, says the prime minister, Keir Starmer

Partial results from local elections in England show significant losses for Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Labour Party and gains for Reform UK.

Reform makes huge gains in England, as Labour loses power in Wales and the SNP becomes the largest party in Scotland.

Several frontbenchers told the Guardian they agreed the prime minister’s time in office should not go beyond the end of the year

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is pledging to revive his struggling government amid calls to resign after disastrous local elections for his Labour Party.

Labour party loses more than 1,400 English council seats and crashes out in Welsh and Scottish parliament votes

Labour suffered bruising losses across its northern heartlands as Nigel Farage took a victory lap in Merseyside. After these local elections, does the party have any strongholds…