Reform UK has suspended several members and initiated investigations following an undercover media probe that captured local candidates making racist, Islamophobic, and violent remarks.

Voters in the Salisbury Milford ward are heading to the polls in a high-stakes by-election that could impact the balance of power on Wiltshire Council.

Labour's Bev Craig has won the Greater Manchester mayoral race after a second-preference count, defeating Reform UK's Sian Astley to succeed Andy Burnham.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer is facing calls to resign after local elections saw Labour lose hundreds of council seats and Reform UK emerge as a major force.