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What a Labour-Lib Dem coalition might look like

Keir Starmer has set hares running over a possible Liberal Democrat-Labour coalition after the next election by refusing to categorically rule out such a deal.

The Week

Sunak not ruling out coalitions despite accusing Starmer of ‘plotting’ pacts

The Prime Minister’s press secretary declined to say the Conservatives will not do deals with the DUP or other parties.

The Independent UK

31-year-old becomes new Liverpool Lib Dem opposition leader

New group leader replaces long-serving Richard Kemp - with uniting a divided group top of his agenda

Liverpool Echo

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Lib Dem leader in fiery TV clash with Ed Balls over Brexit

Ed Davey repeatedly refuses to say whether he wants UK to rejoin EU

The Independent UK

Labour refusing to give up on running Stockport council despite trailing Lib Dems following dramatic local elections

“I appreciate the arithmetic and the Lib Dems being the biggest group, but the council is in no overall control and we are absolutely going to try and see what we can do.”

Manchester Evening News

Keir Starmer won't rule out Lib Dem coalition if Labour falls short of majority

The Labour leader said he was pushing for an 'outright majority' at the next general election but repeatedly failed to explicitly rule out striking a deal with the Liberal Democrats

Daily Mirror

Keir Starmer refuses to rule out Lib Dem coalition after next election

Labour leader does rule out deal with SNP but dodges speculation on general election outcomes after local election wins

The Guardian - UK

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Tory chairman mocked as party collapses in places he visited on campaign trail

Analysis of results in last week's local elections reveal the Lib Dems gained 208 council seats in the Blue Wall areas where Greg Hands visited - prompting sarcastic claims he has the 'Midas touch'

Daily Mirror

Britain is changing – the idea of Tories and royals as our natural rulers is gone

A drubbing at the polls for the Conservatives and a pompous and entitled coronation shows how out of touch the old order is, says Guardian columnist John Harris

The Guardian - UK

The voters have spoken – and they aren’t falling for ‘steady’ Sunak’s sales pitch

The pummelling of the Tories at the local elections demonstrates that the PM has failed in his bid to detach himself from the deep damage that his party has done

The Guardian - UK

Senior Tories ‘looking nervously over their shoulders’ after heavy local election losses

Labour leader Keir Starmer claimed the results mean Labour is on course for a majority government at the next general election

The Independent UK

Labour celebrate as Tories lick wounds following local elections - what happened across the country and in Greater Manchester

Sir Keir Starmer's party said the Conservatives' dire results marked a 'clear rejection' of Rishi Sunak in his first electoral test as Prime Minister

Manchester Evening News

Tories lose 1,000 seats as Starmer eyes Labour general election win

Labour has become the largest party in local Government for the first time since 2002

Evening Standard

Local elections 2023: What happened in every Greater Manchester borough as Labour dominates and Tories hit hard

Labour looks set to control nine of the 10 councils in Greater Manchester

Manchester Evening News

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The Independent UK

Tories demand Rishi Sunak ‘deliver’ on pledges after ‘wake-up call’ local election results

Tories ‘not far off rock bottom’ of John Major’s support in the 1990s after local election losses

Manchester Evening News

The Mancunian Way: 'Lame ducks' and the Cotswolds

Resignations made PLUS the all-female team in Salford AND Tory fallouts

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on the local elections: the Tories take a hammering

Editorial: Rishi Sunak’s team had deliberately set expectations low, but not low enough

The Guardian - UK

The local picture is good for Keir Starmer – the national predictions look even better

Evidence of a tactical pincer movement to defeat the Tories shows how worried they should be about the general election, says former YouGov president Peter Kellner

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Evening Standard

OPINION - British politics: the Conservative Party vs the Not Conservative Party

With apologies to Labour, the Liberal Democrats, SNP, Greens, nationalists and unionists, the UK is a strict two-party system. It is comprised of the Conservative Party and the Not Conservative Party.

The Independent UK

Tory losses deepen as Starmer says Labour is on course for general election win

With nearly half of authorities having declared, the Conservatives had lost 22 local authorities and more than 300 councillors.

The Guardian - UK

Salford councillor who won second seat 160 miles away says he will resign

Lib Dem Chris Twells’ shock win in Cotswolds prompts calls to close loophole in electoral law

Wales Online

Lib Dem leader refuses to say whether party will join forces with Labour

Sir Ed Davey has avoided saying whether the Lib Dems will get into bed with Kier Starmer's Labour Party. The Lib Dems were last in power through a coalition government with the Conservatives.

Bristol Post

Local election results in full amid 'desperately sad' night for the Tories

The Tories suffered huge losses across the area

Manchester Evening News

Salford councillor who stood as 'paper candidate' in Cotswolds election WINS - in seat more than 100 miles away

Coun Twells now represents Ordsall, and Tetbury with Upton in the Cotswolds

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak defiant despite Tories suffering major losses in local elections

Labour claimed its victories so far suggest Sir Keir Starmer will be able to enter No 10 after a national vote.

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