The prime minister laid out his plans to respond to a disastrous showing in the local elections, which saw it lose more than 1,200 council seats in England

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

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.