School of Hard NOCs for Labour: reflections on local elections 2026
The results from local elections are in, with a patchwork quilt of competing colours across England, Scotland and Wales. Reform made major gains at Labour’s expense in former heartlands and the Conservatives also endured a bruising set of losses, while large tracts of London fell to no overall control (NOC) thanks to a Green surge across the capital. In Scotland and Wales, the balance of power now sits with nationalist parties, in Plaid Cymru’s case for the first time.
In this episode, colleagues from across Camargue unpack some of the standout races, the issues that mattered on the ground…
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