‘Nobody can fix the country’: voters in former Blair town sceptical of change
Let down by broken Tory promises of levelling up, some in Newton Aycliffe and across north-east turned to Reform
Labour candidate defeated by Farage reveals safety fears during campaign
Jovan Owusu-Nepaul tells of vitriol from Reform supporters and says he was concerned for safety of those around him
Labour put ‘safe’ seats at risk to target marginals. It paid off – but there’s a cost
The party’s landslide victory on only 34% of the vote was a masterpiece of electoral Jenga. But the taller the tower, the weaker the base, writes Robert Ford
