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The Labour Party has some "searching" to do following its underperformance in areas with a high Muslim population, according to MP Jess Phillips.
The Conservative Party has suffered its worst electoral defeat in years, losing more than half of its councillors who stood for re-election across England.
In the days running up to the elections, Number 10 was verging on the unsubtle.
It has been a Conservative collapse.
The Conservatives are on track for their worst local election results ever - as counting continues.
Labour has won the Blackpool South by-election from the Conservatives in yet another blow for Rishi Sunak's leadership.
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