Topic: UK Elections
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Labour’s local election losses have some MPs questioning its rightward shift
Reform UK, the Greens and the Liberal Democrats have taken more than 1,000 seats from Labour. But what lessons will the party learn?
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A new and messy realignment of UK politics is at play in the local elections
As voters across the country prepare to head to the polls, emerging parties and independents look set to make significant gains
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Local elections 2026: what success for Reform UK could mean for Muslims
Our guide to the party that is tipped for big wins in the 7 May 2026 local elections — what Reform says about Islam, migration and healthcare
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I can fix him: 600 candidates line up to try and make Birmingham normal again
Voters in the UK’s largest local authority are angry. But between bin strikes, tax rises and incendiary national politics, can anyone save it?
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Muslim Council of Britain signs up thousands of new voters for local elections
The organisation visited mosques and community groups in key cities to help people register via the government website
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Wajid Akhter: people are now the Muslim Council of Britain’s priority
The organisation’s general secretary is on a mission to empower and enfranchise UK Muslims at grassroots level
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Green victory in Gorton and Denton proves working-class and Muslim voters have options
Labour’s loss of one its safest seats will send a chilling message to Starmer’s government
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Labour’s elections U-turn could cost it more than the £100,000 legal bill
Dozens of councils now have just weeks to prepare for local elections. One of the party’s MPs called the backtrack ‘a total own goal’
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Labour and Greens vie for Gorton and Denton’s large Muslim vote
The Greens are deploying Urdu and Punjabi speakers while Labour calls in its national big guns. We asked local Muslims if any of it has cut through
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Starmer has clung on. But a reckoning could be weeks away
Labour MPs have closed ranks around the prime minister, while the lack of an obvious successor has bought him some time before the Gorton by-election
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Who is Anas Sarwar, Scottish Labour leader who called for Starmer to quit?
One of Britain’s most prominent Muslim politicians, Sarwar had previously been close to the prime minister Keir Starmer
