Boris Johnson has seen off Labour hopes of a Ken Livingstone revival to triumph in the 2012 London mayoral race.
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.
Here are our election result tables showing how power is shifting across England, Scotland and Wales as a result of May 3rd's voting.
It's been a hard-fought campaign for the London mayoral elections. Labour's candidate Ken Livingstone has always trailed behind Boris Johnson but has refused to give up as the race for City Hall continues.
Labour's leaders are fighting this week's local elections by pointing the finger at the "out-of-touch" coalition government.
We've been talking with Ken Livingstone as he seeks re-election to City Hall.
Boris Johnson will be re-elected mayor of London on the 3rd of May, according to the latest ComRess poll.
An East End council has been accused of "social cleansing" after seeking to find housing for its poorest residents in Stoke-on-Trent.
The race for mayor of London is now closer than ever, with new results putting Livingstone just two points behind Johnson.
'Boris bikes' prompted the most heated moments of Thursday evening's mayoral hustings, after the mayor was told his policy was "killing cyclists".
The Scottish nationalists launch their pledges for next month's local elections today, pledging to "put the people first" and run proactive councils.
We interview Boris Johnson on the campaign trail as he courts the votes of students in Croydon.
Boris Johnson is promising to cut council tax by ten per cent over the next four years, escalating the battle over which candidate will leave Londoners 'better off'.
Boris Johnson will not attend the mayoral cabinet planned by David Cameron in Downing Street, he has made clear to politics.co.uk.
David Cameron chose attack as the best form of defence as he launched the Conservatives' local elections campaign.
Freedom of speech concerns are being raised after Boris Johnson banned an anti-gay bus advert.
Another of Labour's would-be Birmingham mayoral candidates has spoken out against moves by the party's "high command" to bar sitting MPs from standing.
Ken Livingstone showed his emotional side in an unexpectedly tearful response to his election broadcast at his manifesto launch this morning.
Plaid Cymru members are hoping their new leader will give nationalists a boost at the polls, as the party launches its local government elections campaign.
David Cameron will insist the Conservatives are focused on "the horizon, not the headlines" in his speech kicking off the Tories' local government elections campaign later.
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As part of the ESRC Festival of Social Sciences, the Deafness Cognition And Language Research Centre (DCAL) hosted an event exploring the powerful benefits of bilingualism in spoken and sign languages, for hearing and deaf people alike - benefits that reach hearing and deaf people alike.
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Two weeks before the Government’s consultation on same-sex marriage draws to a close, Andrew Copson, Chief Executive of the British Humanist Association is participating in a debate hosted by Catholic Voices on the motion, ‘This House Would Legalise Same-Sex Marriage’.
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