Labour has lost Birmingham Council after 14 calamitous years in charge of the city council.
The party had feared it would be in for a punishing day in Britain’s second city, with current results showing it has picked up less than 20 seats, down from the 65 won at the last election in 2022.
Since then, the Labour-led administration in the city has lurched from crisis to crisis, declaring effective bankruptcy in 2023 and overseeing a year-long bin strike which left mountains of rubbish in the streets.
Birmingham Northfield MP Larry Turner admitted defeat for Labour just before 3pm, telling ITV News: ‘It does look
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