Summary

  • Labour: No tax rises below £80,000

  • Tories' mental health treatment pledge

  • Lib Dems to keep pensions 'triple lock'...

  • ...but means-test winter fuel payment

  • General election on 8 June

Live Reporting

Esther Webber and Brian Wheeler

  1. Conservatives also hopeful in Scotland

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  2. Laura Kuenssberg: This looks like good news for the Conservatives

    Laura Kuenssberg
    BBC political editor

    It's early, early days. But so far there will be grimaces at Labour HQ, beaming smiles at the Tory's CCHQ, and a slightly frazzled atmosphere at Lib Dem homes this morning - and don't be surprised if you see Nigel Farage at his favourite boozer by lunchtime.

    There are lots and lots of results still to come in. But with a general election only a month away, this barometer of real votes looks grim for the Labour Party. 

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  3. Tories extend control in Hertfordshire

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    The Conservatives have already taken 48 seats - the same number they won in 2013

    The Conservatives build on the 46 seats they took in 2013, with 12 results still to be announced.

    The Conservatives have already taken 48 seats - more than the 46 they won in 2013, when 77 seats were contested.  

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  4. Steven Woolfe: 'UKIP's policies to blame for poor results'

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  5. Scottish Labour: 'We are the underdog in Glasgow'

    Anas Sawar

    Anas Sawar, a Scottish Labour MSP, says it would be fairer to compare today's result to the general election of 2015, where the SNP swept to power in Scotland, rather than the last local elections.

    He said his party were the "underdog" and it had to accept that politics changed in Scotland after the independence referendum of 2014.

    He told BBC News: 

    Politics in Scotland is framed between 'yes' and 'no'. Right across the UK it is frame between 'leave' versus 'remain'. That's quite an uncomfortable place for the Labour party to be when we are talking about solidarity, equality and fairness.

  6. SNP: 'Good feeling' for Glasgow council

    Humza Yousaf

    Scotland's transport minister Humza Yousaf said it was a "huge disappointment" for the SNP in the last local elections not to gain control of the council in Glasgow.

    But after campaigning in the city, he said the party was "cautiously optimistic" about today's outcome. 

    He told BBC News: 

    The icing on the cake would be to have the majority here, but that would be a huge ask for a party that in our 80 years of existence have never even come close to taking the administration in Glasgow. It looks good, it feels good, but it is too early to tell.

  7. East Midlands battlegrounds

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  8. UKIP: Changing the country 'at our own expense'

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    Peter Reeve, UKIP's local government spokesman, said 2013 had seen his party "leading national politics", but said success was always going to make this year "incredibly difficult" for the party.

    Speaking on BBC News he said UKIP was unlike other parties, which were "focusing on political power at all costs".

    He said: 

    The difference between UKIP and those other political parties is whilst they sacrifice their principles, their policies and their morals to win seats, we in UKIP are here to change the country, even if that is at our own expense.

    Peter Reeve

  9. Lib Dems optimistic in Edinburgh

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  10. Tories retain control but leader loses

    The party has retained control of the county ahead of potential local government restructure.

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  11. Labour AM says party's performance 'much better than I expected'

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    BBC Wales News

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    Julie Morgan, Welsh Assembly member and the former MP for Cardiff North, described the outcome for Labour as "a tremendous result, absolutely wonderful".

    Speaking at Llanishen in the city, she said: "I think things are much better than I expected at the beginning of the night."

  12. Kuenssberg: 'Power going away from Whitehall'

    The introduction of mayors in six regions of the UK show a shift in government policy, and a shift in power, says the BBC's political editor Laura Kuenssberg.

    She said:

    The drift from central government has been giving more powers, and less money, but more powers to local government. These elections in that context are more important than they have been in recent years.

    Laura Kuenssberg

  13. YouGov: Local elections 'poor indicator' for 8 June

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  14. Local elections: The scene at the Suffolk Coastal vote

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    BBC News

    A warm welcome from the Suffolk Coastal vote, being held at the police headquarters in Martlesham. 

    Hopefully the riot shield won't be needed.

    riot gear

  15. West Midlands mayoral race 'a real thriller'

    Patrick Burns

    Patrick Burns, the BBC's political editor in the Midlands, says it has been an "emphatically bad night" for Labour in the region, but the contest for the mayoral election is "on a knife edge".

    He told BBC News: 

    It is potentially a real thriller. All the suggestions are that it is a very, very close run thing. We don't expect anyone to have an overall majority on the first count. There is no real confidence on either side.

  16. The last Northamptonshire County Council election?

    Sam Read
    BBC Radio Northampton politics reporter

    It seems an odd thing to say - could Thursday's Northamptonshire County Council election be the last ever? 

    But I say it because of an ongoing row about local government here.

    At the moment the county council runs some services - like social care - while borough and district councils run others, like bin collections. 

    Many in local government believe eight councils is just too many for Northamptonshire, as they all have their own management teams and offices. 

    Angel Square

    Northamptonshire County Council is in the process of moving into the new Angel Square complex in Northampton

    The Conservative administration at the county council, which is expected to retain control today, says one big unitary authority to run all services in the county would save millions of pounds. 

    The boroughs and districts have never liked that idea and I've now seen a plan supported by some of those councils that would see a new organisation set up to run social care and children's services. All other services would then be run by several new councils, possibly two or three, replacing all the existing ones. 

    So we have rival ideas for the future and some want no change at all. There may be a lot of talk about a local government shake-up here among politicians, but we are a long way from any deal. 

  17. Labour increases majority in Swansea

    Rob Stewart

    Majority increased by one Labour seat in Swansea as counts taking place across south west Wales.

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  18. Stephen Kinnock: 'Disastrous picture' for Labour in England

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    Stephen Kinnock

    Labour's Stephen Kinnock, elected as the MP for Aberavon in 2015, says the results for his party have been "mixed".

    But he tells BBC News that they "couldn't sugar coat the pill" for the party's performance in England.

    It is a pretty disastrous picture. It is simply not good enough for a party that has been in opposition for seven years, heading towards a general election in five weeks, to not be picking up seats and making forward progress.

  19. Straw draw decides Northumberland seat

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  20. Local Elections: 'Keep calm and carry on'

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    Three political veterans give their take on the results so far of the local elections

    The results of the local elections are coming in and so far there have been gains for the Conservatives, less losses than predicted for Labour, Lib Dems results are patchy and UKIP has won no seats so far. 

    So what does it mean for the parties? In the words of the Welsh UKIP leader they should "keep calm and carry on". Neil Hamilton, the UKIP leader in the Welsh Assembly, Lord Falconer, former Labour justice secretary and Lady Kramer, Liberal Democrat former transport minister discuss just that.