Newest politics updates as closing council declares with Tories shedding nearly 500 seats

The Conservatives have misplaced 474 councillors throughout England as the ultimate outcomes from the native elections present Labour profitable greater than some other occasion, with a complete of 1,158 seats. 

The Lib Dems, which now have 521 councillors, beat the Tories to second place, gaining 104 councillors.

Labour additionally gained in all however one of many mayoral elections after an sudden win for the occasion within the West Midlands, unseating Conservative incumbent Andy Road.

Former house secretary Suella Braverman reacted to the “horrible outcomes”, telling BBC’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg that, whereas there shouldn’t be one other management contest to switch the prince minister, she “regretted” backing Rishi Sunak when he ran to be chief of the Conservative Occasion.

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