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Labour mayor wins in Rishi Sunak’s backyard as Tories endure torrid local elections that see them lose slew of true-blue councils and hundreds of seats in crucial general election battlegrounds [Video]

Labour’s David Skaith became the inaugural elected mayor of York and North Yorkshire this afternoon, a new position that covers the Prime Minister’s Richmond constituency.

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What is at stake in UK local voting ahead of a looming general election | KLRT [Video]

LONDON (AP) Millions of voters in England and Wales cast ballots Thursday in an array of local elections amounting to the last big test before a U.K. general election that all indicators suggest will see the Conservative Party ousted from power after 14 years. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will hope he can point to []

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Speaker tells off MPs for behaving like teenagers during PMQs | News [Video]

Commons speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle told off MPs for behaving like teenagers during a heated Prime Ministers Questions on Wednesday (1 May). Sir Lindsay told members to stop banging on furniture and said We are not in the sixth form now as he threatened to remove them from the Commons over their inappropriate behaviour. Sir Lindsays comments came as Rishi Sunak and Sir Keir Starmer faced each other in the Commons ahead of local elections in 107 local authorities across England tomorrow (2 May).