The Labour Party has lost control of important councils in the UK local elections, with Nigel Farage’s right-wing Reform UK making sweeping gains and breaking into traditional Labour heartlands.
Voters in 136 local authorities went to the polls on May 7 to elect more than 5,000 councillors. By the early hours of May 8, with around a third of councils declared, Reform had gained more than 300 seats, while Labour had shed over 220 and the Conservatives more than 100. Seven councils had already slipped out of Labour control, with more results still to come.
Reacting to the results, Prime Minister Keir Starmer ruled out stepping down, telling supporters in west London he took “responsibility” for the defeats but would not abandon his five-year mandate.
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Source: https://brusselssignal.eu/2026/05/reform-uk-breaks-into-red-wall-strongholds-as-labour-suffers-heavy-local-losses/?fbclid=IwY2xjawRrHAdleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeq_lrh6O7qMj4oayFGOyTE5WXFJEKaCj1286RUoYxmbRkc-bVsuDdkk4FoZU_aem_5s3H5OpNuE5RFDPJj9-RtQ
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