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Local politics

July 2024

  • Andy Burnham

    Tory governments talked down to regional mayors like me. Now Keir Starmer is listening to us

    Andy Burnham
    The new PM understands it will take metro mayors with real power to actually improve the country’s housing, education and more, says Andy Burnham, mayor of Greater Manchester
  • A group shot of Labour MPs fills the frame with Keir Starmer, Angela Rayner and Rachel Reeves front centre.

    Keir Starmer and Angela Rayner to kickstart new era of devolution

    On fifth day in office, PM and deputy will meet England’s regional mayors as Labour draws up new bill for king’s speech

  • Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer cast votes with their wives – video

    As voting in the UK general election got underway, Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer arrived early to cast their votes

June 2024

  • Ben Jennings is an award-winning cartoonist and illustrator who has been capturing the essence of UK politics for longer than a decade. Known for his humour and poignant commentary, he draws inspiration from daily breaking news, turning headlines about Rishi Sunak, Keir Starmer and other politicians into powerful satirical cartoons. In the run-up to the UK's general election, we spent time with Ben in his studio to learn more about what it's been like to cover years of austerity and to discuss the role of satire in political discourse

    7:20

    14 years of drawing Tory sleaze and blunder: the life of a political cartoonist – video

  • Akhmed Yakoob at his campaign office

    Birmingham election candidate apologises for ‘deeply disturbing’ remarks about women

  • In the run-up to July's general election, the Guardian video team is touring the UK looking at the issues that matter to voters. After swimmers and rowers fell sick from sewage discharges into the River Thames we went to the seat of Henley and Thame to see how environmental concerns rank for voters in a seat that has been Conservative for more than 100 years

    6:07

    Will sewage in the Thames hurt the Tories? The view from Henley and Thame – video

  • In the run-up to July's election, the Guardian video team will be touring the UK looking at the issues that matter to voters. In a week when an attack on a refugee camp in Rafah and the Labour party's treatment of Diane Abbott and Faiza Shaheen dominated the headlines, we spoke to voters in Ilford – North and South – who were protesting locally about Gaza. We asked whether these issues would make a difference to how they vote in the election, met canvassers getting behind independent candidates, and spoke to business owners about their political priorities

    4:55

    Will Gaza cost Labour votes in east London? The view from Ilford – video

May 2024

  • The front facade of the Dolphin hotel in Southampton with actors in historic costume in front

    Jane Austen fans despair at student digs plan for hotel where she danced

  • cyclist entering an LTN

    Call for stricter rules to stop UK MPs repeating conspiracy theories

  • Map graphic for data analysis piece

    Big Tory losses but no Labour landslide. What might happen at Westminster? – a visual analysis

  • Richard Parker

    ‘Emotionally exhausting’: Richard Parker on his surprise mayoral win

  • Labour could lose a wide range of voters over Gaza, not just Muslim ones

  • Centrist Tories urge Andy Street to stand for parliament – and maybe one day for leader

  • Labour gains in leave areas may cut swing needed for overall majority

  • How savage Tory cuts hollowed out all our public services

  • Politics Weekly UK
    Tory defections, economic challenges and council winners – Politics Weekly UK

  • Viral hate campaign targeted Dudley teacher after fake racist video shared

  • Labour must win back voters’ trust over Gaza, say Rachel Reeves and Sadiq Khan

  • I will build at least 10,000 council homes. As for right to buy – suspend it for new properties

    Andy Burnham

  • The Guardian view on the local elections: an anti-Tory landslide points to the end of an era

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