New Reform mayor suggests 10% cut to council workforce – UK politics live

<p>Andrea Jenkyns says she wants a ‘lean, mean local government’ and says she is ‘up for a fight’ with unions</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-interactive/2025/may/01/local-elections-2025-full-mayoral-and-council-results-for-england">Local election results 2025</a></li><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/may/03/labour-targets-international-students-claiming-asylum-after-losses-to-reform-in-local-elections">Labour targets international students claiming asylum</a></li></ul><p>The Conservatives will come back from their poor results in the local elections but it will have to be a “slow and steady” effort, party leader <strong>Kemi Badenoch</strong> has said, PA reports.</p><p>She told the BBC’s Sunday With Laura Kuenssberg programme: “I am sorry to all of those councillors who’ve lost their seat”.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2025/may/04/labour-reform-conservatives-tories-wes-streeting-kemi-badenoch-zia-yusuf-uk-politics-live-updates">Continue reading...</a>