Local elections: disastrous results for Labour after final count

Sir Keir Starmer admits he made 'unnecessary mistakes' in the wake of disastrous election results for Labour across England, Scotland and Wales. But he insists he will not be stepping down.

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The Prime Minister has appointed Labour veterans Gordon Brown and Harriet Harman as advisors - but not all Labour MPs think reaching back into the party's past will do anything to secure its future.

With two councils still to declare in England, here is the final tally of councillors, Reform emerging on top, with Labour losing more than 14-hundred councillors.

And this is the final change in council control, once again Reform securing the most gains. But with so many councils now with no overall control, it illustrates just how fractured politics has become.

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