Labour’s David Skaith celebrated as he won the York and North Yorkshire mayoral election on Rishi sunak's doorstep. The area contains the prime minister's own constituency of Richmond and was previously considered a Conservative stronghold. It c ...

On a calamitous day for the Tories, Ben Houchen’s victory may allow Rishi sunak to cling on for now, says David Maddox

Colourful promotional document handed out to asylum seekers detained under Rishi sunak’s deportation policy

Party said the PM’s ‘own constituents have taken a look at the two parties and chosen Labour’

Lee Anderson clashed with BBC journalist Nick Robinson today as the Reform Party was accused of taking votes away from the Conservatives in the local elections. Rishi sunak sacked Mr Anderson from the Tory party after he refused to apologise for comm ...

Tory party chairman had appealed to rebel MPs to ‘wait’ for more results this weekend amid increased pressure on the PM’s leadership

A Tory MP branded two BBC presenters “pathetic” as they clashed when discussing Ben Houchen’s re-election as Teeside mayor. Andrea Leadsom appeared to take offense after journalist Jo Cobrun pointed out Mr Houchen's vote was down and t ...

Rishi sunak appeared to be optimistic despite the Conservatives suffering defeats across the country in Friday’s (3 May) local election results. Experts have warned the Tories could lose 500 seats in what could be their worst numbers in 40 years ...

We have reached the stage where sunak’s MPs seek empathy for their inability to comply with their own policies, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

A Conservative MP has called for the party to find a role for Boris Johnson as the Tories are braced for their worst election result in 40 years. Andrea Jenkyns appeared on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme on Friday (3 May), after Britain’s to ...

Labour claim they are poised to wipe Tory MPs out in the north east despite Ben Houchen holding on a Tees Valley Mayor

Defeat could have spurred Conservative rebels to move against prime minister

Conservative rebels say they lack support to oust sunak as counts overnight show loss of 100 councillors and byelection defeat

Panicking Tory MPs are weighing up an appalling set of local election results to decide whether they need to ditch Rishi sunak as party leader

The results don’t look good for the Conservatives or Rishi sunak as pressure mounts on the PM to call general election

Readers didn’t hold back, calling the Conservatives everything from a ‘dire smorgasbord of incompetence’ to political lightweights akin to ‘hydrogen balloons’

Full results likely to point to drubbing for Rishi sunak’s Conservatives at the general election

Result indicates sizeable Westminster majority, while sunak has failed to recover ground since taking over from Liz Truss

The policy has always been a sordid theatre of cruelty, and it is unravelling in ways that were entirely predictable, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

Britain’s governing Conservative Party is suffering heavy losses as local election results pour in Friday, piling pressure on Prime Minister Rishi sunak ahead of a U.K. general election in which the main opposition Labour Party appears increasingly ...