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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
- NewsThe Guardian
Boris Johnson to cut short Australian book tour due to ‘unforeseen circumstances’
Former UK prime minister to cut short Australian book tour after Sydney show on Friday
- SportThe Telegraph
Arsenal’s deadly corner routines prove too much for Manchester United
Never in the history of football has a team been such a threat from corners. It is hard to recall danger being created so often. Being created from every sniper-accurate delivery, in fact.
- NewsReuters
Under pressure, UK's Starmer sets out plans to deliver on election pledges
Prime Minister Keir Starmer will set out plans on Thursday to deliver on his priorities to raise living standards and rebuild Britain in a speech he hopes will draw a line under what even some of his supporters say has been a bumpy start to government. Five months since his Labour Party swept back to power with a landslide win, Starmer wants to turn the page on criticism of his government on everything from its use of campaign donations to a tax-raising budget which prompted an outcry from busi
- NewsThe Guardian
Starmer seeks to relaunch premiership with new promise to crack down on crime
After a rocky start, PM sets out ‘next phase’ covering economic growth, NHS backlogs, energy, and a ‘bobby on every beat’
- NewsHuffPost UK
Keir Starmer Pledges Labour Will Recruit 13,000 More 'Bobbies On The Beat' In Crime Crackdown
The move will form part of the government's "plan for change" being unveiled by the prime minister.
- NewsPA Media: UK News
PM to promise police officer for every community in landmark ‘Plan for Change’
Sir Keir Starmer will set out a series of ‘milestones’ for achieving his Government’s aims over the next five years in a major speech on Thursday.
- NewsThe Telegraph
Sir Keir Starmer will not make new immigration pledge in key relaunch speech
Sir Keir Starmer’s plan for the next phase of his Government will not include a new pledge on immigration, The Telegraph understands.
- NewsThe Telegraph
China now a nuclear threat to the West, warns Armed Forces head
The world faces a “third nuclear age”, the head of the Armed Forces has said as he warned that China poses a major threat to the West.
- NewsPA Media: UK News
Deal on Elgin Marbles ‘still some distance’ away, says George Osborne
British Museum chairman Mr Osborne said Sir Keir Starmer’s Government had contributed to a warmer spirit of negotiations with Greece.
- NewsThe Telegraph
Our £1-a-month income tax cut is a ‘thank you’ to Scottish workers, says SNP
Scots have been handed an income tax cut worth barely £1 per month by SNP ministers as a pre-election “thank you” for paying hundreds of pounds more each year than workers in England.