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the message i am hearing from people tonight is that they want us to focus on the priorities they want us to deliver for them. and that's about halving inflation, growing the economy, reducing debt, cutting waiting lists and stopping the boats. we'll have the very latest on all the local election results. also on the programme: at westminster abbey, the final preparations have been made for the first coronation in 70 years. god save the queen! the king and the prince and princess of wales, do a walkabout on the mall, chatting to people who've grabbed a prime spot for tomorrow's proce...

Digest. first and foremost, a new look local authority. new people providing those vital public services that you rely on every day. if we take a step back, the bigger picture looks like this. it is grim for the conservatives. it is good, in their own places command in their own way, for the liberal democrats and the green party. and labour are chipper, they are now the biggest party in local government in england and wales for the first time in a long time. and they think that they are on their way to winning a majority of the next general election. but others do wonder if they are doing quit...

Races declared, this races declared, was the position of the three main this was the position of the three main parties. labour with the big winners with more than 2000 councillors, up by more than 400. the tories have fewer than 2000, down by nearly 800. the lib dems have more than 1200, also up nearly 300. it means labour have gone control to go and got control of many more councils. if all hot britain had voted today, the bbc predicts the share of votes would look something like this, with labour i35%, the conservatives on 26% on the liberal democrats 20%, with others on 19. chris mason is ...

Street ahead of the coronation tomorrow. chris mason, bbc news, at westminster. as we've been hearing, one of labour's biggest victories was in medway in kent, which the conservatives had controlled for more than 20 years. labour won 33 of its 59 seats, up 11, with the tories losing 13. on a visit to to kent today, sir keir starmer told labour campaigners, "you didn'tjust get it over the line, you blew the doors off." 0ur political correspondent, ben wright, has spent the day in medway, talking to people about the issues that swung their vote. the medway towns revel in their connection to the ...