The new premier delivered his latest hint at a lurch to the Left in a speech in Downing Street, watched by an adoring crowd of aides and supporters.

Mr Burnham said he wanted to put services under ‘stronger public control’ and ‘reindustrialise’ with a ‘ten-year plan’, repeating his view that Britain has been heading in the wrong direction since Margaret Thatcher was PM.

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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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The center-right Conservatives took power during the depths of the global financial crisis and have won two more elections since then. But those 14 years have been filled with challenges and controversies, making the Tories, as they are commonly known, easy targets for critics on the left and right.

Labour, which leans to the left, faces its own challenges in shaking off a reputation for irresponsible spending and proving that it has a plan to govern.

Both parties are being ripped apart by the conflict in the Middle East, with the Tories facing charges of Islamophobia and Labour struggling to distance itself from antisemitism that festered under former leader Jeremy Corbyn.

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