Important mayoral elections could provide further difficult results for the Labour leader but the party is hoping for narrow victories in the west of England mayoralty and the West Yorkshire mayoralty, expected on Sunday. Labour is expected to fail to defeat the West Midlands Conservative mayor, Andy Street, after significant Conservative gains across the region. The Tories now have majorities on Dudley and Walsall councils and have increased their majority in Redditch. “It is still very early in the day but it is looking promising at this stage,” a London Labour source said. “I think the Brexit decision and the wrangling over that in recent years has focused minds in that they have questioned whether the Labour party was really in touch with their priorities.

Source: The Guardian May 08, 2021 10:46 UTC