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Voice the Vote project leads Marium Vahed and Abby Tait share how residents can get involved before Toronto’s municipal election day.The Green Line
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Pippa Crerar joins Andy Burnham on the campaign trail in MakerfieldPippa Crerar (the Guardian)
Exclusive: 25 years after race riots in north of England, Arooj Shah says extremist groups and lies about grooming scandal are poisoning OldhamChris Osuh (the Guardian)
Andy Burnham and the Reform candidate lead the polls, but issues such as flooding and the state of the high street are main concerns locallyHannah Al-Othman (the Guardian)
Labour’s Makerfield byelection candidate understood to have changed stance on no recourse to public funds policyPeter Walker (the Guardian)
After the initial euphoria of victory, Zoë Garbett prepares to begin running one of England’s most diverse and deprived boroughsMatthew Taylor (the Guardian)
Sarah Wakefield, a councillor on Manchester city council, will stand for the party after its initial candidate withdrewGuardian staff reporter (the Guardian)
Pippa Crerar and Kiran Stacey answer your questionsPippa Crerar (the Guardian)
Official assessing formal complaint into Green party leader’s potential ‘breach of conduct’ as assembly memberSammy Gecsoyler (the Guardian)
Marsh Street has been cited as Bristol’s worst for potholes. But it’s just one of many crumbling roads in Britain as councils face repairs backlogs and lack of fundsEsther Addley (the Guardian)
Party apologises for posts by Chris Kennedy about attack on Jewish ambulances and says he has withdrawn for personal reasonsJamie Grierson (the Guardian)
Chris Kennedy chosen amid reports Greens do not want to be blamed for splitting progressive vote and allowing Reform to winMark Brown (the Guardian)
City made outsized contribution to falling levels of deprivation between 2010 and 2025, thinktank findsRichard Partington (the Guardian)
If most popular Labour politician cannot win this seat then party’s electoral problems run deeper than Keir StarmerJessica Elgot (the Guardian)
Andy Burnham may have a route back to Westminster – and a path to the Labour leadership. But can he defeat Reform UK in Makerfield? Lucy Hough speaks to the Guardian’s north of England correspondent Hannah al-Othman, who has been talking to voters in…Lucy Hough (the Guardian)
Statement follows speculation party would not field candidate in Makerfield or barely fight seatPeter Walker (the Guardian)
Stuart Prior, who was elected in Essex last week, allegedly celebrated the rape of Sikh woman and called Muslim people ‘rats’Aamna Mohdin (the Guardian)
Many members of minority communities fear results in Birmingham and elsewhere could lead to rise in hostile rhetoricNeha Gohil (the Guardian)
Several frontbenchers told the Guardian they agreed the prime minister’s time in office should not go beyond the end of the yearTaz Ali (the Guardian)
Senior Labour MPs urge prime minister to step down within year as party suffers loss of hundreds of English council seats and humbling in WalesPippa Crerar (the Guardian)
Party makes gains in Labour and Tory heartland areas but one pollster says results suggest Reform may have peakedBen Quinn (the Guardian)
First time Welsh nationalist party has enough support to run Wales, while also blocking momentum of Reform UKBethan McKernan (the Guardian)
Nigel Farage’s Reform UK has made substantial gains in local elections while Labour suffered heavy losses. Is the era of two-party politics over? And can the prime minister fight on? Lucy Hough speaks to political correspondent Alexandra ToppingLucy Hough (the Guardian)
Party makes gains in Portsmouth and Richmond upon Thames in local elections but loses a Scottish strongholdBen Quinn (the Guardian)
Leadership in peril as party loses seats in heartlands and control of councils in Hartlepool, Tameside, Redditch and TamworthKiran Stacey (the Guardian)
Reform runaway winners in north-east, likely pushing Labour into opposition in Hartlepool, with other losses for Starmer in Chorley, Wigan, Redditch and TamworthJamie Grierson (the Guardian)
From devolved parliaments in Scotland and Wales to councils and mayoralties in England, find out what happened in your areaSeán Clarke (the Guardian)
About 120 journalists and broadcast staff expected to protest about pay freeze as STV invests in new radio stationSeverin Carrell (the Guardian)
As Reform vows to block solar and windfarms, energy leaders say renewables offer most secure future, insulating UK from hostile forcesFiona Harvey (the Guardian)
In inner London boroughs such as Camden, home to PM’s constituency, Greens have capitalised on collapse of Labour supportBen Quinn (the Guardian)
Councillor announces plan to withdraw from government-funded programme in run-up to May electionsHannah Al-Othman (the Guardian)
Nigel Farage’s pary sees this week’s local elections as showcase for new, sleeker approach borrowing from an unlikely sourceBen Quinn (the Guardian)
With voter loyalty a distant memory, the Lib Dems’ cost of living policies and criticism of Trump could gain them groundPeter Walker (the Guardian)
Hope Not Hate campaign identifies election hopefuls calling for a ‘white Britain’ and complaining of ‘kowtowing to the black community’Ben Quinn (the Guardian)
Savitha Prakash, a first-generation immigrant running in local elections in Harrow, says Reform UK aims to ‘put Britain first’Neha Gohil (the Guardian)
All signs point to a record low performance for Labour in May in what will be a moment of high jeopardy for Keir StarmerAlex Clark (the Guardian)
Housing secretary also targets Reform as May elections loom, saying Farage more interested in Trump than own constituencyPeter Walker (the Guardian)
Some fear a fragmented field of hopefuls from Labour, the Conservatives, Greens, Reform and Independents could leave city ungovernableNeha Gohil (the Guardian)
Adam Mitula is acting as election agent for Reform candidates in three wards in Tameside area ahead of 7 May pollsBen Quinn (the Guardian)
