Claire Ward, Mayor of the East Midlands, today signed the Declaration of Acceptance of Office at the stunning Bolsover Castle, before heading to Chesterfield to meet colleagues at the East Midlands Combined County Authority.

As I’ve said before, there should be no Israeli attack on #Rafah .

We need a #CeasefireNOW in #Gaza , with hostages and prisoners released, and a surge of unimpeded aid to deal with the worsening humanitarian crisis.

I'm a Jewish person who is deputy leader of a national party.

I'm also a Jewish person who criticises the Israeli governments actions *because* of my Judaism not in spite of it.

Never again means never again for everyone. The conflation & politicisation must stop.

Adorable ❤️

Three politicians from the Conservative party, which lost almost 500 councillors and multiple mayoral contests in these local elections, featured on the Laura Kuenssberg programme this morning.

None from the Greens or Lib Dems, who both made significant gains across the country.

It’s impossible to explain how much grief you carry after experiencing giving birth, knowing, as your waters break, that you won’t have your baby to love & cherish afterwards. It almost broke me, my husbands love saved me. To all bereaved Mums, we’re on this journey together. X

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer described his party's victory in the East Midlands mayoral election as a 'very significant moment' as he visited Mansfield with new mayor Claire Ward

He visited the constituency of second-placed Ben Bradley today.

Story: nottstv.com/labour-party-l…

Congratulations, Sadiq Khan on being elected Mayor of London for a third term.

London is one of the great European capital cities.

One day, it will back at the heart of the EU where it belongs ! 🇪🇺🇬🇧

Congratulations Sadiq Khan ♥️

Londoners voted to give their city a fairer, safer, greener future. 🌹

BREAKING: Understand that Labour’s Richard Parker is set to take the W Mids mayor. Big upset and Starmer will take as huge win

Labour HOLD: Congratulations to Tracy For Mayor 🌹, Mayor for West Yorkshire 🌹

Congratulations Andy Burnham ♥️

Greater Manchester is leading the way. 🐝

So proud to have Andy as our Mayor. 🌹

BREAKING: Sadiq Khan has won record third term as London mayor, beating Tory Susan Hall by 11.1 points (around 280,000 votes), final results confirm.

It’s his biggest lead yet - Khan beat Shaun Bailey in 2021 by 4.7 points and Zac Goldsmith in 2016 by 9.2 points.

Only one…

Congratulations to my dear friend SadiqKhan on his unprecedented reelection as Mayor of London for 3rd time in the face of a vicious campaign fuelled by bigotry & misinformation

A number of people threatened to leave the country if he was re-elected - Goodbye

#LondonMayor

Lib Dems have beaten the Tories into 3rd across the country. Utterly amazing. This is surely the biggest story of this election. Currently waiting for certain commentators to stop waffling on about those losers at Reform and update their hot takes… 😉

Worth saying that Sadiq Khan pushed ahead with ULEZ despite huge opposition, including from the Labour leadership, and despite predictions it could cost him a third term.

A decision that now looks completely vindicated

Interesting that in London, which is the UK’s most diverse city, Reform UK managed only 3.2% of the vote in the Mayoral election. When human beings actually live with people from different backgrounds, they tend to get along just fine.

What can I say other than a huge thank you and that I’m overwhelmed by your support.

I love this job, the people of this city-region and I promise you this third term will be the best yet for Greater Manchester.

I will do my best for everyone, whether you voted for me or not.

This is my favourite news of the weekend and there’s been a lot of good news ❤️
Congratulations Sadiq Khan 👏

Today we celebrate! After the weekend we work to change the East Midlands, and the country, for the better.
📸Hugh Casswell