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Local and mayoral elections 2012
May 3rd's polls saw Boris Johnson win another four-year term in City Hall - the exception to an otherwise bad night for the Conservatives, who lost over 400 councillors. Here's the highlights of our coverage, featuring Ian Dunt's mammoth 38-hour live blog and Alex Stevenson's rolling analysis, aided and abetted by an army of academics, pundits and pollsters.
Boris clings on for four more years as Ken quits politics
Boris Johnson has seen off Labour hopes of a Ken Livingstone revival to triumph in the 2012 London mayoral race.
TweetLocal and mayoral elections as-it-happened
The full story behind an explosive election
Local elections 2012 rolling analysis
24 hours of expert opinion on this year's results
Local elections 2012 results
How power shifted across the country
Are coalitions declining in local government?
We might be getting accustomed to coalition politics in Westminster, but in local government the art of two-party government is suffering a few setbacks at the moment.
The Week in Politics: Misery in the omnishambles
Everywhere you look, the fates conspire against the government.
Comment: All three leaders face headaches after May 3rd
The local election and referendum results present both challenges and opportunities for the leaders of Britain's three parties.
Local and mayoral elections as-it-happened part two
The second part of our story of the night
Boris clings on for four more years as Ken quits politics
Boris Johnson has seen off Labour hopes of a Ken Livingstone revival to triumph in the 2012 London mayoral race.
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Unite: London's vote could spur end to nation's austerity nightmare
With under one week to go until the most important election for London in a generation, the leader of the country's biggest union, Unite, is urging Londoners to put the national interest along side their concerns for the capital when they go to the polls on 3 May.
NASUWT comments on Ofsted local authority inspections
Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers’ union, comments on the publication of Ofsted’s framework for the inspection of local authority services
ESRC: New team to navigate local government
The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) is delighted to announce the appointment of a new Local Government Navigator Team. Building relationships, raising the profile of social science research and identifying opportunities for collaboration will be the main focus of the team made up of three Knowledge Navigators.
Local elections 2012 rolling analysis
We've lined up a team of pollsters, academics, party political people, MPs, columnists and policy wonks who are helping us interpret the results throughout Thursday night and all through Friday.
Local elections 2012: Big wins for Labour boost confidence in Miliband
Ed Miliband's party is continuing to make solid gains across England, as local election results continue to hammer the coalition's Conservative and Liberal Democrats.
Comment: Whisper it – Ed Miliband could be prime minister
While Ukip splits the right-wing vote, the decline of the Lib Dems unifies the left.
Local elections 2012 results
Here are our election result tables showing how power is shifting across England, Scotland and Wales as a result of May 3rd's voting.
Decision time: Britain goes to the polls
Voters in England, Wales and Scotland go to the polls today as a host of vital elections are held across the country.
Tainted by association? Boris shrinks from Cameron's touch
Boris Johnson received an undesired endorsement from embattled prime minister David Cameron today, as Labour tried to paint the pair as "two Tory peas in a pod".
Profile: Lawrence Webb
The Ukip candidate is running on a policy platform he has no power to deliver... but that's not stopping him.
Comment: The Lib Dems must weather these mid-term blues
A year ago, May 5th 2011, was the grimmest of days for the Liberal Democrats. The party lost some 700 councillors, and, more cruelly still, a once-in-a-generation chance of electoral reform at Westminster with the rejection of the AV referendum. The question hovering over Thursday's set of elections is: is 2011 as bad as it gets for the party?
Profile: Jenny Jones
The Green candidate may seem harmless, but she has flashes of pit bull ferocity.
Profile: Siobhan Benita
The dark horse in the London mayoral race is secretly an establishment insider.
Clegg: These local elections won't be as bad as last time
Nick Clegg is in an upbeat mood ahead of this week's local elections, as he insists that Liberal Democrats are "getting a hearing".
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