In March, the total U.S. nonfarm payroll employment rose by 303,000, and there was negligible change in the unemployment rate, at 3.8%. The newly released report..

Demi Clark began having contractions and knew she was going into labour

Party stacks up gains but support appears to drain away in areas with large proportions of Muslim voters

BBC Local News: Berkshire -- Labour maintains control of Reading Borough Council following Thursday's elections.

Non-farm payrolls figure for April indicates US economy is cooling

The Conservatives also describe as "vile" the comment made in the West Midlands mayoralty race.

The Labour leader of Newport council, Jane Mudd, wins Gwent contest.

The party came third in the Blackpool South by-election, just 117 votes behind the Conservatives.

Labour has held the post of four police and crime commissioner in Gwent with the results in South Wales, Dyfed Powys and North Wales expected to be announced on..

"I really think they're under-promising," Stiglitz told City A.M. "They're not going far enough. I understand why they do not want to be as aggressive as I would..

BBC Local News: Hampshire -- Labour take control of Rushmoor during a bad night for the Conservatives in Hampshire.

BBC Local News: Lincolnshire -- A third of the authority's 33 seats were up for grabs with Labour now taking nearly 70% of them.

BBC Local News: Wiltshire -- Labour retains control of the council it won back for the first time in 20 years in 2023.

All change in Redditch as Labour crushes the Conservatives in local elections

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has renewed his demand for Rishi Sunak to go to the polls after the prime minister suffered a by-election drubbing and bruising..

Labour now have 20 seats, not giving them an overall majority of Southend Council but making them the largest party

Results are being declared after residents went to the polls across Essex in local elections

Labour is the largest party on the council for the first time in more than two decades

She narrowly defeated incumbent Conservative Mark Shelford

Chris Webb is the country's newest MP after Labour won a landslide victory in the Blackpool South by-election.

Lauren Davison is the new Meir North councillor on Stoke-on-Trent City Council

Election guru says results from Thursday's ballots - in a probable General Election year - could be among party's worst in 40 years

BBC Local News: Devon -- Labour won 15 of the 19 seats that were up for grabs, having needed only two to keep its majority.

Meanwhile, Labour loses Oldham but easily holds on to Wigan and Tameside.

It was a big night for Labour but a lot of the talk will be in Heavitree today as an anti-LTN campaigner celebrates victory

The Labour Party has swept to victory in Rushmoor and seized control of the council for the first time in the authority's history.

BBC Local News: Hereford and Worcester -- Labour wins overall control on the council, with the Conservatives losing 11 seats.

Tory deputy chair Angela Richardson told the BBC: “The result was not unexpected. I think, given the circumstances that caused the by-election in the first..

BBC Local News: Somerset -- Labour's Clare Moody beat Conservative candidate Mark Shelford by more than 4,000 votes on Friday.

Labour leader Keir Starmer hails ‘seismic’ by-election result as Conservatives face losing half of contested council seats

BBC Local News: Cumbria -- David Allen won 38,708 votes, with Tory candidate Mike Johnson on 24,863.

The Tories suffer a big defeat at a by-election as Labour gains ground in polls across England.

The party is set for one of its worst local election results as Labour wins the Blackpool South by-election.

The party is set for one of its worst local election results as Labour wins the Blackpool South by-election.

The party has taken control of the council after wining nine of the 12 seats on offer.

BBC Local News: Devon -- Labour ended the night with 24 seats, an increase of one, while the Greens remain Exeter's second party.

Election results declared overnight have clearly demonstrated that the Conservatives are in serious trouble.

It was a tough night for the Tories in most places including Lincoln

Sir Keir Starmer called the result 'truly historic'

As dawn breaks on Friday, we have about a third of the council results in - and what is clear is Labour is on the march. What is still to be determined is..

Labour supporters are celebrating a huge 26% swing from the Tories, heaping pressure on Rishi Sunak.

BBC Local News: Lancashire -- Labour's candidate Chris Webb wins Blackpool South with a huge swing away from the Conservatives.

Labour's candidate Chris Webb wins Blackpool South with a huge swing away from the Conservatives.

The party won the parliamentary seat with a 7,607 majority and a huge 26% swing from the Conservatives.

Conservatives lose seats to Labour at Thurrock with results coming in from eight other councils.

Asian stocks surged today, buoyed by Wall Street's tech-driven rally. Apple's record buyback plan lifted its shares, while the yen strengthened and oil prices..

Labour's Chris Webb wins Blackpool South, influencing national election dynamics. Conservatives facing challenges with Sunak's leadership amid lagging polls...

The main story so far is a Conservative collapse. They have lost the Blackpool South by-election and more than half of the council seats they were defending.

The council, which was being run by an independent group, still has no single party with a majority.

Britain has never cracked the formula for cheap, efficient, reliable rail, so what makes Labour think renationalisation is the answer?

Labour won eight of the 13 seats to keep control of the council

The results for the 2024 local elections have been declared

BBC Local News: Lancashire -- Labour unseats the leader of Chorley Council's opposition Conservative Party.

Labour has won the Blackpool South by-election from the Conservatives.