Damien Egan Lab News Today

Gen Kitchen and Damien Egan will join the Labour benches after wins in Wellingborough and Kingswood respectively, the partys first victories in the seats for two decades.

Labour seized the previously safe seats of Wellingborough and Kingswood in the latest pummelling for the PM overnight.

Rishi Sunak bemoaned low turnout and warned that voting Reform would only put Keir Starmer in power after Labour seized Wellingborough and Kingswood.

Jennifer Daothong will become acting chief at Lewisham LBC when Kim Wright leaves next month. Ms Daothong is executive director for housing, regeneration

Some of the most financially deprived areas in the country have so far missed out on competitive levelling up funding. Kirsty Weakley investigates There

Voters over south east London will have the opportunity to elect their councillors to represent their ward for the next four years on Thursday.