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Labour’s Richard Parker defeats Andy Street in tight West Midlands mayoral race after Sadiq Khan wins third term in London – as it happened

Labour has secured mayoral victories in London, Greater Manchester, Salford, West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire and Liverpool today

Nadeem Badshah (now) Amy Sedghi, Hamish Mackay and Geneva Abdul (earlier)

04, May, 2024 @10:30 PM

Desperate Tories left in disarray as Labour celebrates seismic swing

Rishi Sunak’s government tries to limit the damage as the Conservatives’ worst fears prove correct in the English local elections

Toby Helm, Political Editor

04, May, 2024 @8:36 PM

Stunning Labour triumphs in London and West Midlands leave Sunak reeling

Keir Starmer says the prime minister has no option but to call a general election

Toby Helm, Michael Savage and Jessica Murray

04, May, 2024 @8:07 PM

‘It would be seismic to win in Sunak’s backyard’: is Labour about to paint England red?

Thursday’s local elections are a chance for Keir Starmer to show his party’s breadth of support – not least in the embattled PM’s North Yorkshire

Toby Helm and Michael Savage

28, Apr, 2024 @6:00 AM

Top Tory MP defects to Labour in fury at NHS crisis

Ex-health minister Dan Poulter, who also works as a hospital doctor, says Conservatives have become ‘nationalist party of the right’

Toby Helm Political editor

27, Apr, 2024 @4:08 PM

Brexit has made the UK a lower-status nation, says David Miliband

Former foreign secretary says Britain needs to forge closer political and foreign policy links with Europe if it is to thrive

Toby Helm Political editor

07, Apr, 2024 @5:01 AM

David Cameron warns of Gaza famine as UK sends Royal Navy ship to boost aid effort

Move to join US-led maritime corridor follows international fury at last week’s killing of seven aid workers

Toby Helm Political editor and Bethan McKernan in Jerusalem

06, Apr, 2024 @9:31 PM

Only four in 10 Tory voters from 2019 back Sunak – poll

Opinium’s latest research for Observer finds voters deserting the Conservatives for Reform and Labour in equal numbers

Toby Helm

06, Apr, 2024 @7:42 PM

Labour urged to end two-child benefits cap as research reveals policy pushing families into poverty

New data shows families with disabled children, and single parents with offspring under the age of three facing financial hardship

Toby Helm Political editor

06, Apr, 2024 @12:47 PM

Israel alone? Allies’ fears grow over conduct – and legality – of war in Gaza

When the US allowed a ceasefire resolution to pass at the UN, the warning was clear – and concern is rising elsewhere

Julian Borger in Washington, Toby Helm, Lorenzo Tondo and Quique Kierszenbaum in Jerusalem

31, Mar, 2024 @5:00 AM

UK government lawyers say Israel is breaking international law, claims top Tory in leaked recording

Ex-Foreign Office and Ministry of Defence official Alicia Kearns said at a Tory fundraiser that legal advice would mean the UK has to cease all arms sales to Israel without delay

Toby Helm Political editor

30, Mar, 2024 @7:30 PM

Labour membership falls by 23,000 over Gaza and green policies

Party claims financial position still strong as it continues to hold a commanding lead in opinion polls

Toby Helm Political Editor

30, Mar, 2024 @2:00 PM

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tobyhelm

Labour’s Richard Parker defeats Andy Street in tight West Midlands mayoral race after Sadiq Khan wins third term in London – as it happened

Desperate Tories left in disarray as Labour celebrates seismic swing

Stunning Labour triumphs in London and West Midlands leave Sunak reeling

‘It would be seismic to win in Sunak’s backyard’: is Labour about to paint England red?

Top Tory MP defects to Labour in fury at NHS crisis

Brexit has made the UK a lower-status nation, says David Miliband

David Cameron warns of Gaza famine as UK sends Royal Navy ship to boost aid effort

Only four in 10 Tory voters from 2019 back Sunak – poll

Labour urged to end two-child benefits cap as research reveals policy pushing families into poverty

Israel alone? Allies’ fears grow over conduct – and legality – of war in Gaza

UK government lawyers say Israel is breaking international law, claims top Tory in leaked recording

Labour membership falls by 23,000 over Gaza and green policies

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