Starmer’s latest U-turn over local elections creates an opportunity for Reform UK

Abandoning of plans to delay votes in 30 English councils will give Nigel Farage a chance to capitalise on Labour’s unpopularity Keir Starmer was challenged on Monday morning over the list of U-turns he has made since entering government less than two years ago, including on cuts to winter fuel payments, cuts to disability benefits and hikes in inheritance tax for farmers. “I am a pragmatist. I am a common-sense merchant,” he told the BBC presenter Jeremy Vine in his defence. Continue reading...

By Kiran Stacey and Ben Quinn

Times letters: Keir Starmer’s vision for a more ‘European Nato’ - The Times

Times letters: Keir Starmer’s vision for a more ‘European Nato’  The Times

Which parties run the councils where elections are no longer postponed?

Labour had initially intended to cancel polls in 30 areas, a move that would have impacted 4.5 million voters

By Ian Jones

Government abandons plans to delay 30 council elections

Reform had launched a legal challenge against the postponement

By Megan Kenyon