Bellwether seat dispatch: 'Labour can win 'true blue' Basingstoke for the first time'
A Tory seat for over a century, a swing in Basingstoke could point to a Labour landslide. And the mood on the streets is one of change
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A Tory seat for over a century, a swing in Basingstoke could point to a Labour landslide. And the mood on the streets is one of change
Images of the prime minister outside No 10 Downing St dominate the UK front pages, as he announces a general election for 4 July
The Prime Minister and his allies are on the defensive after the Conservatives lost hundreds of local council seats and the prestigious West Midlands mayoralty to Labour.
After a calamitous set of local elections the Prime Minister and his allies were pinning their hopes on an analysis suggesting that there could be a hung parliament.
Putting a brave face on grim results, Rishi Sunak admitted that voters are 'frustrated' but argued that Keir Starmer has not sealed the deal.