The tees valley mayoral win for the conservatives appears to buy time for the Prime Minister with his own party. But is he Running Out Of Time with the country . Well have in depth analysis of the votes. Good evening. Two very different moods tonight in the conservative and labour camps after the local and mayoral elections. Rishi sunak says its disappointing to lose good, hardworking councillors, after whats been a painful set of results so far for his party some of the worst tory losses in england for decades. On the other side, labour arejubilant, cock a whoop at their gains across the country, including in the Blackpool South by election, overturning a conservative majority with a colossal 26 swing. Well, this the latest state of play, with the conservatives having lost a36 councillors, and labour gaining 169 so far. Well dig deep into the numbers and look at what the results could mean for the coming General Election. As ever, to guide us through it all, chris mason. Chris, it has
Paddy oconnell and henry zeffman. Newscast. Newscast from the bbc. Hello, its laura in the studio. Its paddy in the studio. And its henry in the studio. Hooray its so nice to have you here with us. Now, you tantalised us on the saturday episode that there was a scoop in the making. The scoop in the making ended up being a defection. Yes, defection, and defections are important because they are rare and defections are important because they really spook political parties. And in this case, a Conservative Mp until yesterday was dan poulter, a part time nhs doctor, who has decided that it is time for him to go from the Conservative Party. And he didntjust sort of say, because i think ive had enough and theyve gone in the wrong direction. He accused them of not caring about public services, about not caring about the nhs and of losing their compassion. So, defections are big news stories, even if, newscasters, i will say, the person in question is not someone who necessarily is a massive p
Episode of newscast, newscast. Newscast from the bbc. Hello, its laura in the studio. Its paddy in the studio. And its henry in the studio. Hooray its so nice to have you here with us. You tantalised us on the saturday episode that there was a scoop in the making. The scoop in the making ended up being a defection. Yes, defection and defections are important because they are rare and defections are important because they really spooked Political Parties and in this case, a Conservative Mp until yesterday, was dan poulter, a part time nhs doctor. He has decided that it is time for him to go from the Conservative Party and he didntjust sort of say, because i think ive had enough and theyve gone in the wrong direction. He accused them of not caring about public services, about not caring about the nhs and of losing their compassion. So, defections are big news stories, even if newscasters, i will say the person in question is not necessarily a massive politicalfigure. A bolt out of nowher
campaign here in the uk. all parties out again this weekend vying for support. rishi sunak has pledged to give 30 towns across the uk £20 million each if the conservatives are re elected. he says the money would go towards the long term regeneration of the areas, under the government s levelling up scheme. a topic labour leader kier starmer hasn t been able to escape is dianne abbott. there s been a lot of controversy over the terms of the re admittance of the veteran labour mp into the party. keir starmer has been tackling that issue as well this morning, denying that his party is blocking left wing candidates. 0n diane abbott you said last week you weren t going to get involved in her case. you said the days when the leader rolls up his sleeves and gets involved are well and truly over, that s what corbyn did and ended badly. you said it was a matter for the nec on candidate selection and you avoided having a view becausejeremy corbyn expressed a view and that leads to a
Welcome to bbc news. Polls have closed in two parliamentary by elections in staffordshire and cumbria, following the resignations of the labour mps in stoke on Trent Central and copeland. The polls closed just over an hour ago with the results expected ataround 3am. In a moment well get the latest from tom bateman at the copeland count in whitehaven. First, lets cross to chris mason in stoke. The challenge from labour perhaps comes from ukip . It does. Good evening from stoke, where the verification of the Ballot Papers is already under. About a dozen ballot boxes have already been brought here to The Camp Centre at the start of the law night. On nights like this the law night. On nights like this the word imminent gets used frequently, but you have to define that by every hour. This is a tussle between labour, a party that has held his seat or is it very similar to it since 1930, and ukip, which hopes the breakthrough in town and city that is seen as the capital of brexit. A large maj