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May 6 elections
Live results, updates and latest news on UK local elections, the London mayoral election, the Scottish Parliament and Welsh Senedd elections on May 6, 2021.
Latest news from the May 6 elections
- PA Media: UK News
Labour ‘would put time limits on hiring of overseas workers to curb migration’
Yvette Cooper told the Sunday Telegraph the measure would give an incentive to companies to train more British staff.
- PA Media: UK News
Half a billion working days lost to sickness since last election – Labour
The party said its analysis of official figures shows the economic cost of the Conservatives’ ‘failure’ to support people with ill health.
- The Telegraph
Accidents quadruple on cycle lane hailed by Boris Johnson
Serious accidents involving cyclists have quadrupled on a bicycle lane hailed by Boris Johnson as proof low traffic neighbourhoods (LTNs) work.
- PA Media: UK News
Protesters claim London air is ‘not toxic at all’ in fight against Ulez plans
Last month, a High Court judge decided five Conservative-led councils could challenge the Ulez plan.
- The Guardian
Boris Johnson calls diary checks for evidence of Covid breach ‘nonsensical’
Former prime minister says Cabinet Office gave entries to the Met police without checking their contents
- PA Media: UK News
Humza Yousaf says coming from minority gives ‘important perspective’
The Scottish First Minister spoke out as he addressed an event organised by the LGBTQ+ wing of the SNP, Out For Independence.
- The Telegraph
Labour’s secret 10-year plan to take Britain back into the EU
Amid the sheer relief of Getting Brexit Done in January 2020, most of us will have overlooked or ignored the fact that the UK’s hard-fought deal with the EU is up for review at the end of 2025.
- The Telegraph
How the wealthy are being primed to foot the bill for net zero
Scottish ministers are being urged to tax high earners to help pay for major projects including net zero upgrades.
- PA Media: UK News
Covid rule-breaking claims ‘a load of nonsense’, Johnson says
The former prime minister said entries in his official diary handed over to police ‘merely record events in my day’.