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UKIP’S south-eastern charge stalled yesterday when a trade union candidate triumphed in a council by-election in one of the party’s target seats.
Nigel Farage’s party hoped victory in Thursday’s West Thurrock and South Stifford poll would propel them towards victory in the Thurrock constituency at the general election.
But GMB and Usdaw member Terry Brookes hammered Ukip candidate Russell Cherry, claiming more than half the votes for Labour.
The new Scottish Parliament looks set to continue a cycle of managerial tinkering while public services face the axe, writes STEPHEN LOW
By-election poll puts Starmer's future on a knife-edge
Every Starmer boast about removing asylum-seekers probably wins Reform another seat while Labour loses more voters to Lib Dems, Greens and nationalists than to the far right — the disaster facing Labour is the leadership’s fault, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP