hartlepool and thurrock.s is why look at the number of independence —— oldham. this is a change of scene overnight. seven independence winning seats, five labour people losing them, five of these independent councillors were running on an anti war in gaza tickets, critical of labour policy on that, and that seems to have hit the labour vote in oldham.- on that, and that seems to have hit the labour vote in oldham. thanks so much. excellent _ the labour vote in oldham. thanks so much. excellent number— the labour vote in oldham. thanks so much. excellent number analysis. i much. excellent number analysis. thank you. we're joined now by liberal democrats deputy leader daisy cooper. daisy cooper, good morning to you. thank you for spending time with us this morning. nick wasjust thank you for spending time with us this morning. nick was just going to the numbers and positive so far for the numbers and positive so far for the lib dems, and i'll start with a question we've asked all representatives from the partie

and it sounds like you have lost thurrock and labourare sounds like you have lost thurrock and labourtly the kind of place they need if they are going to form a majority of the next general election and you've lost hartlepool. what is your take on what is happening tonight? i’m what is your take on what is happening tonight?— what is your take on what is happening tonight? what is your take on what is ha enin: toniaht? �* ., ., ., happening tonight? i'm not going to comment on — happening tonight? i'm not going to comment on results _ happening tonight? i'm not going to comment on results until _ happening tonight? i'm not going to comment on results until we've - happening tonight? i'm not going to comment on results until we've had| comment on results until we've had them declared.— them declared. we've 'ust had hartlepool. * them declared. we've 'ust had hartlepool. it them declared. we've 'ust had hartlepool. i go h them declared. we've 'ust had hartlepool. i go back_ them declared. we've just had hartlepool. i go back to - them declared. we've just had hartlepool. i go back to wh

places like hartlepool, for instance, places like thurrock . and i think like thurrock.y is sir keir starmer, of course, was derided as the sort of lefty lawyer, twice remainer etc. and yeah, he's obviously done very well to kind of shut that down as an issue in this campaign. but laboun issue in this campaign. but labour, i suppose the only kind of potential drawbacks of the fact that they might be not doing so well in oldham for instance, i'll be interested to see how they do in bristol later, where they're facing a green challenge. but really, as we've sort of discussed on this programme, these are kind of issues for a second term labour government. i think right now they'll be happy with how the vote dispersal is working out, because it shows keir starmer is on course to win a big majority and head for number 10. >> and as you said last hour, what we don't seem to have had is any significant change in the last 12 months. now that that is worrying, isn't it, for number 10, because you've got a new prime minister who is meant to shake things up, change it, get the part

your reaction to what happened in thurrock - hello.e. when you say reba for next time, you l you say reba for next time, you talked local elections. is there a chance for the conservatives to rebuild and time for the general election equipment absolutely. if anything what i will be saying now... to all conservative mps is now... to all conservative mps is now at the time to unite behind the prime minister, the prime minister is the right person take us into the next election and they are in the message and the message that the people the conservative party is listening, is doing which is what a lot of people were saying on the doorstep. they were frustrated, angry with the conservative party and i think as your previous contributor was just saying, some of these boats appear to be more about against the government and not in favour of the labour party and we need to start getting ready for the general election but here and there are we have all out next year and we need to prepare and get ready to take back control.— need to prepare an

significant, and they predict they will take three really important council, hartlepool, redditch and thurrockis those are parliamentary battleground seats and what is the conservative party saying? they are saying the tees valley mayoral contest, reasonably 0k. west midlands, andy street, they think it is on a knife edge. they believe the conservative party are doing badly in their traditional shia areas but they are doing well in marginal seats. the liberal democrats are saying they will have to wait until five o'clock tomorrow before they start to see themselves in the areas where they are in contest in places like tunbridge wells. but what they are picking up is that in parliamentary battleground seats that they need to win the general election, they can see labour voters voting tactically for the lib dems.— for the lib dems. that is the olitical for the lib dems. that is the political editor _ for the lib dems. that is the political editor of _ for the lib dems. that is the | political editor of newsnight, for the lib dems. that is the - political editor of newsnight, nick watt, with his

won, redditch taken from the conservatives, rushmore taken from the conservatives, hartlepool and thurrockur. if you are a tory waking up no labour. if you are a tory waking up this morning, is there any light at the end of the tunnel? maybe a bit in places like harlow. in harlow, labour might have done well and taken that on a really good night. and another one in the lib dem sites on a good night. alden is interesting, labour loss control, i would explain why —— oldham. more detail in redditch. if you look down the bottom here, redditch has been conservative for years, it is a bellwether seat, one of those places were it gives us a good sense of where the country is headed. it looks really good for labour based on what we saw yesterday. gone from conservative controlled to labour, pretty comfortably, 14 seats needed for a majority, they got 21, quite significant. i also want to show you hartlepool, cast your mind back three years, probably the lowest point in keir starmer�*s leadership, labour lost the hartlepool by—election. you can see the council has been hung for years, it is not now

and i've spent time in - blackpool, in thurrock, and a number ofm _ blackpool, in thurrock, and a numbereclared last night. i speak to voters on the doorstep — night. i speak to voters on the doorstep there, and it is notjust that they— doorstep there, and it is notjust that they are fed up after ia years of the _ that they are fed up after ia years of the conservatives, the cost of living, _ of the conservatives, the cost of living, nhs waiting lists and the rest of— living, nhs waiting lists and the rest of it. — living, nhs waiting lists and the rest of it, they are listening to the positive for that labour have to put forward. the positive for that labour have to put forward-— the positive for that labour have to put forward._ first i the positive for that labour have to | put forward._ first of put forward. which is what? first of all, put forward. which is what? first of all. financial— put forward. which is what? first of all, financial stability _ put forward. which is what? first of all, financial stability is _ put forward. which is what? first of all, financial stability is th

wins for labour and labour had a 30% swing in the words i was looking at in plymouth and picking up thurrock the fence and a council was in trouble but labour wanted to pick it up and targeted. you have a picture of labour being able to win the votes where it needs to win them and now you are seeing is that mayoral elections coming thatis is that mayoral elections coming that is a successful for the male role model and people can vote for a figure that they like and his actions they like —— mayoral model... which they see but it's really hard for rishi sunak to become and any street figure. before we come onto — become and any street figure. before we come onto the _ become and any street figure. before we come onto the prime _ become and any street figure. before we come onto the prime minister, . we come onto the prime minister, what about the arguments that turnout is low and we haven't had many results and governing parties usually take a bit of a kicking in circumstances like this was best not to get overexcited. film. circumstances like this was best not to get overexcited.— to get over

labour also won thurrock and hartlepool, but the tories held harlow . is unlawful. several environmental charities took joint legal action against the government, saying the strategy ignored the risk of missing targets . saying the strategy ignored the risk of missing targets. in his judgement, mrjustice risk of missing targets. in his judgement, mr justice sheldon ruled the government's plan was not justified by the evidence and king charles has been presented with an illustrator record of his coronation almost a year after the historic service. the king has praised the team, which created the document, saying you deserve a very stiff drink . he made the very stiff drink. he made the comments with the queen on wednesday in his second public facing event since his cancer diagnosis. and for the latest stories , sign up to gb news stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. com slash alerts . com slash alerts. >> cheers! britannia wine club proudly sponsors the gb news financial report , and here's financial

labour also won thurrock and hartlepool , but the thurrock and hartlepool, but the conservatives heldn television, you're watching on television, you can see here the latest council results from across those seats in england and more results will follow into tomorrow, including the west midlands and london's mayor meanwhile, labour's won two more mayoral elections, with david skaith securing york and north yorkshire and kim mcguinness winning in north east defending the defeating. rather, the former labour turned independent jamie driscoll. however, conservative ben houchen has been re—elected as tees valley mayor. but with a reduced majority over labour in darlington, he pulled 4000 votes more than labour's chris mcewan and three teenagers who carried out a knife attack have been named today as shane cunningham. carter bushnell and leo knight. the 16 year old friend stabbed mickey roynon to death with a large hunting knife at a 16th birthday party in bath . shane birthday party in bath. shane cunningham has been convicted of that murder and has been detained for life. his two friends

andrewjefferies, former council leader of thurrock council.. they didn't like the message that was coming out the plan. they didn't like the message that was coming out — the plan. so that's one of your own side who lost this week. he's saying they don't like the national plan. another, andrew baggott, who was leader of basildon council, he said there's a real immense dissatisfaction with people on the ground. what do you say to them? you'rejust not going to change anything? what i would say is the plan is about delivering. the plan is working, but we haven't got all the way so, take inflation. it was 11% when the prime minister became prime minister. it's now down to 3.1. it's not all the way down to the bank of england's target of two when they'll start being able to cut interest rates, which will make a huge difference to hardworking families. we've done part of the plan on dealing with illegal migration. it's down by 30%, year on year at a time the number of illegal migrants coming to the european union was up. but we haven't completed tha

thurrock, redditch, so on. yeah.e losing votes is the places where they're already extremely strong — constituency westminster level. so even if they lose a ward council level, they've got votes to lose and they can still keep those seats. and i'lljust give you one brief historical parallel, because i'm a nerd. the 2005 general election — tony blair won a 66—seat majority, the sort that keir starmer would kill for. they only beat michael howard's conservatives and share of the vote nationally by 2.8 percentage points. so when you look at conservatives saying, "0h, well labour, are only nine points ahead on projected national share, even with a vast independent and green vote, which wouldn't happen at a general election". well, actually, in some scenarios, if the vote is efficiently distributed on the first past the post, you could be winning by a lot less than that and still end up with a big majority in the house of commons. i mean, i don't think that is nerdy and i think you've got to look at the machinery of our g

labour also won thurrock and hartlepool, but the tories held harlow .h court judge has ruled that the government's climate plan is unlawful. several environmental charities took joint legal action against the government, saying the strategy ignored the risk of missing targets in his judgement, mrjustice missing targets in his judgement, mr justice sheldon ruled the government's plan was not justified by the evidence . not justified by the evidence. ireland's prime minister has played down a row over migration with the uk government on his first official visit to northern ireland, as t shock . it first official visit to northern ireland, as t shock. it comes after rishi sunak offered ireland the chance to join the rwanda deportation scheme, rejecting ireland's demands to take back asylum seekers who had crossed from the north. but speaking after a meeting with the first and deputy first ministers of stormont, simon harris was quick to calm tensions . tensions. >> there's a need for a sense of calm here. >> there's a need for a bit of a deep breath, we ha

redditch, labour gain from the conservatives, rushmore the same, labour have gained hartlepool and thurrock control. conservatives looking for a glimmer of hope, you might find harlow where they have managed to talk on. —— hold on. we will talk about oldham, labour have lost control. the numbers in more detail, redditch, really interesting, down the bottom, the blue, tory controlled for years, not any more. labour, 21 seats, comfortable majority on redditch council. this is how things have changed. the toys have lost 11 seats, labour upturn. this is a bellwether seat, indicative of what is going on in the rest of the country —— the tories have lost 11 seats, labour, they are up ten. hartlepool, three years ago, the by—election in hartlepool, the lowest moment of keir starmer�*s leadership when labour lost to the conservatives. they seem to be on their way back in hartlepool, 2a seats to the conservatives it was six, comfortable majority for labour. tories have lost six seats, independents lost two, labour up eight. good news for labour, bad news for the conservatives? on the labour side, a

hartlepool and thurrock, did not have any control, they were hung councils and are now labour.l hearten keir starmer. in old and it's really interesting, i will explain this in a minute. —— holden. if you are a conservative watching you are depressed about this, there is a small glimmer of hope in harlow and in fareham, where it's been a devastatingly bad night, but they have held on. let's delve into specific examples that will tell the story of what has happened. redditch. at the bottom, you might be able to pick out the blue. been conservative run for years, but not any more. 21 labour councillors now, compared to just five conservatives. a comfortable majority for labour. here's why. this is what changed, labour up ten and the conservatives down 11. redditch is a place we refer to as a bellwether. the parties look at redditch because they think it's indicative of what is being said in the rest of the country and gives them a sense of the mood. this result has hardened labour hq. -- the mood. this result has hardened labour hq. -— hearten. rushmore in hampshire, another area

elections which took place in many parts of the country and we know that labour won councils in reading, thurrockn the blackpool south by—election, taking the seat from the tories with a 26% swing but this is in the east midlands where keir starmer is there to congratulate labour's claire ward becoming the region's first elected mayor with a majority of more than 50,000 votes. let's listen in. claire and the whole team here, this is a fantastic victory, a really important victory. you've fought for this with a very, very positive campaign. i came here myself to campaign. i came here myself to campaign with you. i was struck by the positivity of the case you are making. and you were rewarded with the trust and confidence of the voters in the east midlands. a really, really important area for us. the underlying constituencies, the voters across the whole of the east midlands came out and voted labour, and that is a very significant moment in our history. and when the history books are written about this period of our political history in the united kingdom, this will be part of that story. the day

among the headlines — labour won control of councils in redditch, thurrock, hartlepool, and rushmoorn hampshire. but they lost oldham to no overall control. for the conservatives — there was a huge swing in their loss of the blackpool south by—election to labour. four councils were also lost. but their candidate ben houchen won the race in the tees valley to stay on as mayor. the liberal democrats have been targeting conservative areas in the south of england, hoping to establish a base to fight for those seats in the general election. unlike the other leaders, sir ed davey�*s media event was held in the south in winchester. complete with — as you can see — conservative dinosaurs, which he wants to consign to history. and the greens have seen their vote go up by around 17% in areas with large muslim communities. they've also done well in places where there is a high student population. sir keir starmer and rishi sunak have been talking to the media about their parties�* fortunes. here's a little of what they had to say. we want that general election and we're confident going into the

voted leave in the brexit referendum swung back to labour, including hartlepool, peterborough and thurrockad labour won blackpool south in the by—election with an eye—watering 26% swing, normally tory high command quite like middle class swingers, but not today. but it seems that those who voted labour did so without any great enthusiasm. yes, rishi sunakis any great enthusiasm. yes, rishi sunak is beginning to look like a species so extinct. david attenborough will make a documentary about him, but replacing sunak with starmer is like replacing your rubbish boyfriend with someone. even worse, someone with tattoos who rides a motorbike and still lives with his mother . and lives with his mother. and looking behind the headlines. it's not all great news for labour turnout across the board was anemically low. where is the fervour , the excitement about fervour, the excitement about a labour government that we saw in 1997 before the blair landslide and other smaller parties did well, particularly the greens, god help us and the liberal democrats remember them. the other winners were independe

the best example of that is heavily leave voting areas like thurrock.n major urban areas where we tended to rack up huge majorities in 2019 but actually didn't need them and stay relentlessly focused on the millions of voters who turned away from labour in 2019 but now we are starting to wind back, those are especially leave voters. so don't mention the p word? by all means do what labour has done and be clear that we think a trading relationship is better than the one we have now is better than the one we have now is both achievable and necessary. —— the b word. but we also think that the b word. but we also think that the brexit vote was a constitutional vote that we cannot grow back on and we must not go back on and being clear that labour will not abandon its red lines and that and i think that's the right position, notjust politically in terms of winning votes but also morally because it respects our national referendum, the outcome of which was clear on which labour has been committed to ever since. which labour has been committed to eversince. i

thurrock, redditch, rushmoor.uple of years, so i don't think gaza is the only reason . there's some is the only reason. there's some local issues as well. but i do recognise that we need to win back the trust and support of those that didn't feel able to vote for us in this set of elections. we've made our position in relation to gaza clear. we've called for an immediate ceasefire. we said there should be no ground offensive in rafah, but we also want a lasting political solution, which includes recognition of the state of palestine. so between now and the general election, we will be working really hard to win back support of those that didn't feel they could put their trust in us this time, it's difficult talking to people like you on days like this, because when we talked to the tories, we said, well, it's been very disappointing. and they say, well, it's disappointing, but, you know, it's not as bad as it could have been. and obviously the labour party has done very well. so you've got a lot to be pleased abou

andrewjefferies, former council leader of thurrock council.eal dissatisfaction with people on the ground.— there is a real dissatisfaction with people on the ground. what i would sa is that people on the ground. what i would say is that the _ people on the ground. what i would say is that the plan _ people on the ground. what i would say is that the plan is _ people on the ground. what i would say is that the plan is about - say is that the plan is about delivering and it is working but we haven't got to the end of it yet. inflation was 11% when the prime minister became prime minister, is now 3.1, not all the way down to the target of 2% by the bank of england, where they can start cutting interest rates, and we have cut illegal migration but we have not completed that plan yet. the rwanda legislation is through parliament, opposed every step of the way by the labour party and the lib dems who voted against it hundreds of times, but now we have it on the books we can get the flights going, a steady rhythm, which will change the incentives and

while the prime minister was chatting on itv�*s loose women today, the labour leader was in thurrockessex, a place labour would need to win in the forthcoming election to get a majority. it pretty much felt like the unofficial starting gun on the whole campaign. back in 1949 nye bevan said, "the language of priorities is the religion of socialism", and today we heard six of sir keir starmer�*s priorities. he laid out six pledges to voters, should labour win that next election. nothing new as such was announced — but with sleeves rolled up, jacket off and tieless, the message he was hoping to convey was, he's ready to get cracking. nick was there. nick, how significant was today? well, as you say, it rather had the feel of the launch of labour's general election campaign so a big personal focus general election campaign so a big personalfocus on the general election campaign so a big personal focus on the leader and those first six steps he would take if he were to win the general election. it had a ratherfamiliar ring. remember1987 election. it had a ratherfamiliar ring. remember 198

constituencies that will be decisive in the general election , places like nuneaton or milton keynes or thurrockese places in a way that we haven't for some years. and, you know, you can boost the share of the vote just by piling up votes in places where you're already strong, but it doesn't actually win. you anything extra because you're already winning there. so our the thing that we really look at is the map. but the second point i would make is i'm the first person, as the party's election co—ordinator, to say there's more work to do when it comes to that general election . comes to that general election. i don't want to make predictions because not a single vote has been cast in it. and what i would say is that the really good local election results that we've had have given us a sense of belief that we haven't had for many years, but we know we've still got work to do to win the trust of the british people, to stop the chaos that we've seen in recent years and turn the page in the tory years. and that's what we'll be trying to do between now and whenever the prime minister calls the genera

hartlepool, redditch and thurrock.ance of that is that there is a parliamentary battleground seats, so that will show that they are in business. what is the conservative party saying? they are saying tees valley mayoral contest, reasonably 0k, they think. west midlands, andy street, they think it is on a knife edge. they believe they are doing badly in their traditional shia areas, the conservative party, but they are doing well in marginal seats. the liberal democrats are saying that they will have to wait until five o'clock tomorrow before they start to see themselves in the areas where they are in contest, woking and places like tunbridge wells. but what the liberal democrats are picking up is that in parliamentary battleground seats that they need to win at the general election, they can see labour voters voting tactically for the lib dems. so tell me, tactically for the lib dems. so tell me. nick. — tactically for the lib dems. so tell me. nick. is _ tactically for the lib dems. so tell me, nick, is there _ tactic

to take control of milton keynes and hyndburn apparently, and coming close in each of tamworth, thurrock moving significantly towards labour as well, we're hearing, and we expect labour to advance in rugby. it is not out of the question actually, that labour might take control of rugby, but it isn't all bad news for the conservatives, though. no, we expect them to retain control of solihull council and potentially make gains in reigate and banstead. elsewhere, though, we expect little to change in each of colchester as well, which could make that a tory hole. but tonight is also about the mayoral elections, isn't it? yes, and we've picked out some of the key ones for you. let's start in the west midlands. here we are. so we've got andy street who's the conservative candidate, richard parker is for labour sunny virk the liberal democrats for vaughan, harpenden as the greens and reform uk's elaine ruth williams, as well as ahmed yaqoob there, who is an independent. so that's where we are in the west midlands. bit about andy street. okay, so he was first elected as mayor for the west midlan

among the headlines — labour won control of councils in redditch, thurrock, hartlepool, and rushmoor

in the east and redditch — and in thurrock in the east and redditch in the midlands which shows peoplewhether we are making gains in those areas and are making gains in those areas and a good _ are making gains in those areas and a good barometer is the east midlands mare for example. the new mayoralty. _ midlands mare for example. the new mayoralty, so are not facing an incumbent _ mayoralty, so are not facing an incumbent there. we were in tees valley— incumbent there. we were in tees valley or— incumbent there. we were in tees valley or the west midlands, and that's— valley or the west midlands, and that's a _ valley or the west midlands, and that's a mayoralty area that we won and contains a large number of battleground seats we need to win at the election in order to form a government, mansfield, south derbyshire, so we are pleased to win that but— derbyshire, so we are pleased to win that but also pleased to win in areas — that but also pleased to win in areas we — that but also pleased to win in areas we noted we need to win back at the _ areas we noted we need to win back at th

. >> he's in perfectly in thurrock, which is a tie on the tories. on labour's wish list.you. oh no jacket please . please. >> thank you very much indeed . >> thank you very much indeed. now i don't know about you, but i found those stories, whether on the videos or here in person, incredibly powerful , incredibly incredibly powerful, incredibly moving. each of them stories about change. and nathaniel, i don't know how you do it . i don't know how you do it. i don't know how you do it. i don't know how you're able to hold yourself together with that poise and that dignity , and to poise and that dignity, and to cling on to that hope for other people . it is inspirational for people. it is inspirational for all of us. it's really fantastic. thank you for coming . fantastic. thank you for coming. and what nathaniel didn't tell you is that just a few weeks ago, he ran the marathon playing ago, he ran the marathon playing a trombone. he is a music teacher . and, rob, thank you for teacher. and, rob, thank you for your story , your contribution your story, your contribution abo

they are short by six in thurrock, that is a straight labour conservative fight, the conservatives areportsmouth and also stockport in greater manchester. so a lot of results to come in and we will bring them to you as they do.— results to come in and we will bring them to you as they do. reeta, thank ou. a them to you as they do. reeta, thank you- a good — them to you as they do. reeta, thank you. a good reminder _ them to you as they do. reeta, thank you. a good reminder of _ them to you as they do. reeta, thank you. a good reminder of how- you. a good reminder of how complicated jigsaw this is. especially in an election year, every single counsel you have talk about, every single seat so important for parties to enthuse their foot soldiers be able to get them pounding the pavements. let's turn now to our politicians. talking about blackpool south, we heard from helen on the ground there that conservative sources and labour sources on the ground are acknowledging that the conservatives have lost the seat, are you ready to acknowledge that, chris? i have lost the seat, are you ready t

they've gained over 50 councillors and taken control of rushmoor, hartlepool and thurrock councils. results from more than 70 councils are still to come in. >> christopher paul webb is duly elected as the member of parliament for the blackpool south constituency in blackpool's south by—election. >> labour's chris webb takes the seat, beating conservative david jones in second. mark butcher was third in a decent showing for the reform party . the labour for the reform party. the labour leader,