Labour has won control of a string of Leave-voting councils as results begin to roll in from the local elections across England and Wales. The party seized control of Rushmoor in Hampshire from the Conservatives shortly after 3am - a council the Tories had run for the last 24 years - with a spokesman calling the result 'truly historic'. Come 5am, they had also taken Redditch in the West Midlands, turning a Conservative majority of five into a Labour majority of 15.
In other important developments: • Labour held on to Sunderland Council• It also kept control of South Tyneside, Chorley and Newcastle• The Greens won a number of seats from Labour in Newcastle• Carla Denyer, Green co-leader, said Labour lost support over Gaza• The Tories held on to other councils in Hertfordshire, Hampshire and Essex More than 2,600 council seats across 107 councils were up for grabs in England, alongside 11 mayoral elections, a parliamentary seat and police and crime...
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