Birmingham Divided as Extraordinary Local Election Looms

‘This election is all to play for’: Can the Scottish Labour leader defy political gravity in May?

Anas Sarwar speaks to the Guardian about why he thinks the polls are wrong and how he hopes to end the SNP’s near 20-year dominance at HolyroodAnas Sarwar says he is certain he can pull off one of the greatest escape acts of modern British politics. It is 14 days until the Holyrood election, and the polls consistently show Scottish Labour is in a battle simply to come second, never mind win.Those polls are wrong, Sarwar says, and in two weeks pl…

Plymouth elections set for 'four or five horse race'

Is a shake-up on the cards?

Birmingham divided as extraordinary local election looms

Is the UK's second city about to see the biggest political shake-up in more than a decade?

'Local government reorganisation should strengthen local identity, not weaken it'

It should strengthen local identity, not weaken it, and it should give residents confidence that their area will thrive, not simply cope.

John Curtice says local elections will fatal blow to two-party system

The polling expert said that if Reform UK and the Greens gained significant numbers of councils and councillors, they would establish activist bases.