Labour figures are urging Sir Keir Starmer to change course after Reform UK made sweeping gains in local elections across the UK, as the Prime Minister has said he would go "further and faster" in res

One of Labour's metro mayors has warned losses in South Yorkshire are the "canary in the coalmine" - while a north east MP said the party needs a "change of plan" more than a "Plan for Change"

Reform have beaten Labour to win the Runcorn and Helsby by-election in a result that will send shockwaves through UK politics. In a major blow for Keir Starmer, the right-wing party managed to overturn Labour’s 14,