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The prime minister, who is under pressure just months from a general election, will be looking for two contests which have not declared yet to potentially save him from mutinous Conservative MPs.

The local election results picture so far is intriguing. Labour leads the way but it is having to share the headlines with seat gains made at the Conservatives expense by the Liberal Democrats, Greens and a range of local independents, Professor Michael Thrasher writes.

Analysis from Sky News shows that areas with a Muslim population below 5% saw the Labour Partys vote share increase by 1.1 percentage points. But areas with a Muslim population above 20% saw Sir Keir Starmers party lose 17.9 points from their vote share.

Conservatives are having as bad a night as their worst nightmare - but its not an all-out win for Labour, either.

Its the morning after the day before for Beth, Ruth and Jess as they pull apart the local election results they have so far. 

The Labour Party has some "searching" to do following its underperformance in areas with a high Muslim population, according to MP Jess Philli...

Follow the Politics Hub for all the latest updates as the results come in. A special programme hosted by Jonathan Samuels will begin at midnight, with more coverage over the weekend as results continue to come in.

Election experts have calculated the National Equivalent Vote (NEV) share which projects the result of local council elections into a nationwide vote share to tell us if Labour is hitting the sort of vote share needed in a nationwide poll for general election victory.

Voters across England and Wales will go to polls on May 2nd to elect councillors, metro mayors and police and crime commissioners in what will be the last big e

I've known Rishi Sunak slightly for almost a decade, having first met him after he penned a thoughtful, comprehensive, well-received report on Britain's minority communities, which I'd say is still the best of its kind.