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Finch responded by suggesting it would be "the first thing on the bonfire" when Reform looks to reshape the council. Speaking following his election to the role of leader, Finch said: "The Borough Council needs drastic change." He added: "We are going to put the people of Nuneaton and Bedworth first. We're going to put veterans, young care leavers and the most vulnerable first on our lists of priorities, not people who have come from outside of the Borough."

Across London's 32 boroughs, there are 1,817 council seats up for grabs. At the moment, Labour controls 21 of those boroughs but polling suggests that it could take a big hit this time around.

Following Suella Braverman's Reform switch, she's now 3/1 favourite to be the next Reform leader.

The 'Next UK General Election - Most Seats' betting market has been hugely popular with bettors this week. Reform are the odds-on favourites at 10/11 to win the most seats at the next general election.

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging. At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground.

After navigating a half-hour queue to get through security, a group of us were told we needed to go back outside, walk 10 minutes and then go through security again to reach the media centre. Which would have been fine except the staff at the new entrance had been given instructions not to admit the media, and told us to go back to where we had started and queue for security a third time.

Ministers are changing the voting system for mayoral elections, moving to a preferential system to ensure candidates have broader support rather than first-past-the-post.

do not all have a consensus on this. Some view things slightly differently. Do I think that [the carbon dioxide that humans are putting into the atmosphere] will definitely change the climate? No.

Badenoch emphasized the importance of open communication at her constituency surgery and requested that individuals wearing face coverings, including burqas, remove them to foster engagement.