Politics

The Workers Party is also hoping to unseat Labour's deputy leader in Bury.

Lord Cameron called on Israeli authorities to clamp down on alleged human rights abuses by settlers in the West Bank.

The Labour leader hailed his party’s win in the York and North Yorkshire mayoral election, in an area he called ‘the heart of Tory territory’.

Richard Tice was bullish about his party’s performance at Thursday’s polls and said it was ‘clear that the Tories are on the way down’.

The Tory MP was probed over whether Ben Houchen deliberately distanced himself from the party as part of his campaign.

Just when Rishi Sunak thought things couldn't get worse, this happens - and Labour are now celebrating a victory 'in the PM's backyard'.

Second-placed Jamie Driscoll had quit Labour after he was barred from standing as the party’s candidate in the North East.

The winning candidate in the Tees Valley contest also praised the Opposition’s position on devolution, saying it would give him ‘more autonomy’.

"Once again Hamas are the real villains", a senior party source said.