This week's set of elections across England will be a series of firsts: it will be the first big ballot box test of Sir Keir Starmer's premiership and Kemi Badenoch's leadership of the Conservative Party.

Kemi Badenoch has not ruled out forming coalitions at a local level with Reform after the council elections on Thursday.

On the banks of the Mersey, Runcorn and Helsby is a more complicated political picture than the apparent Labour heartland that first presents itself.

A trade deal with the US is "possible" but not "certain", a senior minister has said as he struck a cautious tone about negotiations with the White House.

The government is up for the fight over net zero every hour, day and month of the year, says Energy Secretary Ed Miliband.