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Angela Rayner could oust Keir Starmer from Labour leadership, he is warned

Angela Rayner slams Labour for 'talking down' to working class voters and allies warn she would BEAT Keir Starmer in leadership battle - as Lisa Nandy insists they make a great double team 'because they come from different backgrounds'
Allies of Angela Rayner urged her to launch a leadership challenge - andthat she had support to win it
Ms Rayner said to have resisted Sir Keir Starmer's attempts to demote her- so she moved to improved position
Today she wrote in Guardian urging Labour to 'stop talking down to voters' and connect to working classes
Lisa Nandy insists all is well at the top and said: 'We all went for a coffee. Things are good in the Labour Party'

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Boris Johnson oversees a string of stunning Tory local poll victories

Tories gain control of Northumberland, Harlow, Redditch and Nuneaton & Bedworth councils in big wins
Labour suffered a series of defeats across the country in the local elections, including in its heartlands
Conservatives gain councillors won in usually left-wing stalwart wards including in Sunderland and Tyneside
The Tories, Lib Dems and Greens all made significant gains in several seats as Labour went backwards
Liverpool has elected its first black female mayor as Labour held on to the role despite corruption allegations
Results painted a brutal picture for Sir Keir Starmer's party on Super Thursday, as he also loses Hartlepoo

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Election 2021: Nicola Sturgeon fights to hold on to her majority

SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon hopes to push ahead with plans for second Scottish independence referendum
PM Boris Johnson has set himself on course for a constitutional clash with her in his defence of the Union
Ms Sturgeon admits majority hopes are on 'knife edge', but it is 'almost certain' the SNP will win fourth term
49 of 73 constituency results declared in Scotland so far with SNP on 40, Lib Dems 4, Tories 3 and Labour 2
Some constituencies are still to be counted today, when the crucial regional list results will also be declared
It comes after the Conservatives racked up a string of stunning poll victories in local elections on Thursday

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Election 2021: Labour blame Covid as party's post mortem deepens after electoral thrashing

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The Labour Party today blamed the coronavirus pandemic for 'restricting' the opportunities' for its politicians to campaign across Britain after the Conservatives racked up a string of stunning poll victories in the local elections.
The post-mortem deepened for Sir Keir Starmer's party today with results now in from 84 of 143 English councils. The Tories recorded a net gain of seven authorities and 173 seats, while Labour had a net loss of four and 164.
Labour was thrashed in the Hartlepool by-election, with Jill Mortimer securing a majority of almost 7,000, while Tory Ben Houchen won a second term as mayor of Tees Valley with a whopping 73 per cent share of the vote.

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Alex Salmond backs his new Alba party despite picking up zero seats in Scottish vote

Alex Salmond's pro-independence party launched at the start of the Holyrood campaign in late March
He had been fighting on regional list section of ballot and aimed to win an independence 'supermajority'
But former first minister said his new party looked set to fall short of the amount needed to pick up seats
Opponents have claimed he was unfit for office after he admitted 'inappropriate conduct' during a trial
Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross says Mr Salmond, 66, should now leave frontline politics

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Labour's Khalid Mahmood quits as shadow minister with blast at party's 'woke social media warriors'

Keir Starmer plans move out of London as Labour's Khalid Mahmood quits shadow cabinet with attack on 'London-based bourgeoisie' and 'woke social media warriors' he says have taken over the party
Tories have overturned 3,500 majority to win by a huge margin of 7,000 votes in the Hartlepool by-election
Shadow minister Jim McMahon conceded hours before result admitting Labour was 'not close to winning'
Civil war in full swing in the part with Corbynites demanding Sir Keir Starmer change tack or step aside
Counting is underway across England after all of the UK went to the polls for 'Super Thursday' elections
Labour Party is bracing for 'grim' results in council elections while the Tories appear to be making gains

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Labour suffers crushing defeats in early results from local council wards

Tories gain control of Northumberland, Harlow, Dudley and Nuneaton & Bedworth councils in big wins
Labour suffered a series of defeats across the country in the local elections, including in its heartlands
The Tories, Lib Dems and Greens all made significant gains in several seats as Labour went backwards
Results painted a brutal picture for Sir Keir Starmer's party on Super Thursday, as he also loses Hartlepool

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Tories secure historic Hartlepool by-election win

Boris's blue tidal wave: Jubilant PM heads for Hartlepool vowing to fight for 'the people's priorities' after Tories storm former Labour strongholds with huge by-election win and council raids - as Keir Starmer faces Corbynite demands for lurch to Left
Tories have overturned 3,500 majority to win by a huge margin of 7,000 votes in the Hartlepool by-election
Shadow minister Jim McMahon conceded hours before result admitting Labour was 'not close to winning'
Civil war in full swing in the part with Corbynites demanding Sir Keir Starmer change tack or step aside
Counting is underway across England after all of the UK went to the polls for 'Super Thursday' elections

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Keir Starmer suffers election bloodbath as Khalid Mahmood quits

The day Boris blew up Labour: Keir Starmer suffers election bloodbath as Khalid Mahmood quits as shadow minister with attack on 'London-based bourgeoisie' - as Tories say 'WE'RE the true workers' party'
Tories have overturned 3,500 majority to win by a huge margin of 7,000 votes in the Hartlepool by-election
Shadow minister Jim McMahon conceded hours before result admitting Labour was 'not close to winning'
Civil war in full swing in the part with Corbynites demanding Sir Keir Starmer change tack or step aside
Counting is underway across England after all of the UK went to the polls for 'Super Thursday' elections

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