Much was made of newly elected Conservative Mayor Ben Houchen not being able to find a blue rosette - but outside the Westminster bubble associations with party brands are often an obstacle to get work done
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Voters in Newcastle said they planned to shun Labour for their treatment of Jamie Driscoll who is running as an independent and was hopeful of victory
The Conservative party's strategy of trying to win the general election through a mixture of 'culture wars and the trans debate' is only worsening their defeats to Labour
Outgoing Green MP Caroline Lucas and party Co-Leader Carla Denyer suggest gains for their party this week in England will put pressure on Starmer to be radical
Leaked WhatsApp messages between the Conservative peer Baroness Sayeeda Warsi and Khalid Mahmood MP reveal distrust of the think tank, which has links to a 'white genocide' believer
Several senior Labour figures have publicly rejected calls for rent controls, leaving the London Mayor in a tricky spot
Labour writes to the DPP to demand a criminal investigation over leaflets demanding voters hand over their data to the Conservative party in order to avoid a charge
The re-standing London Mayor has pledged to lobby for the reversal of the Conservative's controversial election changes he claims are designed to benefit PM Sunak's party.
A supposedly grassroots 'tax protest' against Labour Deputy Leader Angela Rayner, which hit the headlines on Wednesday, was actually organised by the Conservative party
The Conservatives may be hoping that 'something will turn up' to ease the inevitable – but they are also giving Labour time to prepare for power and form a bedrock of support, writes Mike Buckley