Labour and Tories fear backlash in favour of Nigel Farage's party as counting begins after elections

Nigel Farage's Reform UK is expected to be the major winner in elections tonight as disaffected voters hammer Labour and the Conservatives. The hard right party is expected to get its hands on real political power for the first time with wins in mayoral and council elections at the expense of Kemi Badenoch's war-weary Tories. Former Tory minister Dame Andrea Jenkyns is expected to become mayor of Greater Lincolnshire and former Olympic boxer Luke Campbell is in with a chance of winning in Hull and East Yorkshire. Reform is also expected to win hundreds of council seats, mainly at the...