And they're off... what has the first day of the election campaign told us?
The political parties have been setting out their election campaigns, with voters going to the polls exactly six weeks from today.
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The political parties have been setting out their election campaigns, with voters going to the polls exactly six weeks from today.
The 2 May local elections will have more than 2,600 seats at stake across 107 English councils. Labour's Sadiq Khan and Andy Burnham are among the 10 mayors up for re-election.
Labour have promised to renationalise nearly all passenger railways within their first term if they win the next election. But will it leave the railways better off?
Labour's deputy leader Angela Rayner is facing questions about whether she paid tax on a house sale almost a decade ago.
The prime minister has resisted calls to hand back £10m donated to the Conservative Party by businessman Frank Hester.