All news on the topic: Local elections

After PM’s bold reading of disastrous Tory local election results, we assess the variables in play at national level

Under rules introduced when Boris Johnson was Prime Minister, voters now need to prove who they are by using photo ID such as a passport, driving licence or blue badge

Spread of Tory losses leads former minister to say there’s ‘no such thing as a safe seat any more’

Former MP beats Conservatives’ Ben Bradley in region encompassing several former ‘red wall’ seats

Labour has claimed some early victories in the local elections after winning back seats from the Tories across the country.

Shadow Defence Secretary John Healey will outline plans for the Democratic Resilience Centre when he addresses a Washington think tank during a week-long trip to the States

Two reports by the Electoral Commission and theLocal Government Information Unit warn of the added pressure on polling station staff because of voter identification rules

If we did happen to have voter ID, things still didn’t go to plan with access at polling stations. Many older and Disabled people were turned away

Some young voters were stopped from taking part in last week's local elections because their proof-of-age cards were not accepted, it is claimed

Cabinet minister Lucy Frazer claimed the PM is "starting to gain the trust of the British public" despite losing more than 1,000 council seats across England in Thursday's local elections

Lucy Frazer was shown clips of furious Tory councillors saying the Government has 'let people down', but brazenly claimed things picked up for the party during a bruising campaign for Rishi Sunak

In a crushing blow to Rishi Sunak's Tories, the party lost more than 1,000 council seats across England during this week's local elections in his first electoral test as Prime Minister

Voter ID rules introduced by the Tories meant thousands were turned away at polling stations. Officials in Maidstone in Kent said 137 people arrived without acceptable photo ID

Conservatives who support the former Prime Minister said a political resurrection should not be ruled out - as Boris Johnson tweeted about Buddha

'The cost of living crisis, economic incompetence and an ailing NHS in a Broken Britain where nothing seems to work are narrowing any Tory survival path,' writes Kevin Maguire

Voters said they'd seen elderly people turned away for not having the right ID with new rules requiring people to show a valid form of photo ID coming into force for the first time

The 230 councils being contested in the local elections were last up for grabs in the dying days of Theresa May's premiership in 2019, when the Tories suffered major losses at the ballot box

The Labour leader blasts the Conservatives’ failure to tackle the cost of living crisis, make the streets safe and ensure that people can book a GP appointment

Kim Leadbeater criticised the Government for not doing enough to engage youngsters in politics ahead of tomorrow's local elections and said the introduction of Voter ID was 'extremely worrying' as it risked being an extra barrier

Oonagh Preece first went to a polling station in 1950 and has voted in every local and general election since. But the requirement for photo ID at polling stations now excludes her from democracy

The Electoral Commission has admitted it will 'not be possible to accurately quantify' the impact of the new rules by counting who does or doesn’t have ID at the ballot box

Senior Conservatives had feared up to 1,000 of their local councillors would be ousted in the Prime Minister's first big electoral test on Thursday

Voter ID will be in place for the first time at Thursday’s local elections but campaigners warn many still don't know about the new rules with 'little effort' put into awareness campaigns

A poll of almost 2,000 people found the majority of the public don't think the Tory party are going to do well at Thursday's local elections but believe Labour are set to make gains