Labour celebrate as Tories hammered in by-election and council races

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 council losses across England.

The opposition has also boasted of winning in the Tory leader's "backyard", notching up a victory in the contest for York and North Yorkshire mayor, which includes his Richmond constituency.

But while Mr Sunak said the the grim early results were "disappointing" for the Conservatives, he insisted he was "focused completely on the job at hand" and seized on the party holding the Tees Valley mayoralty.

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