Crushing Tory results in London and West Midlands pile pressure on Sunak on.ft.com/3UuYGqg

Sadiq Khan’s London triumph comes after bitter Tory battle on.ft.com/3QvE2VC

Just published: front page of the Financial Times, UK edition, Saturday 4 May on.ft.com/4drhSh0

Battered in Blackpool, facing losses of half of their seats - a disastrous night for Rishi Sunak and the Conservatives. Tees Valley result can’t come soon enough for Sunak / but would a win there be enough to quell a possible mutiny? on.ft.com/4dpsdtT

I'll be live blogging the local election contest in England and Wales overnight with by-election results from Blackpool South due in the early hours.

You’ll need your photo ID to vote in elections today, so don’t forget it!

Check which forms of ID are accepted: electoralcommission.org.uk/i-am-a/voter/v…

Tory candidates distance themselves from Sunak ahead of local elections on.ft.com/3QoJytf

Exclusive: Jeremy Hunt hits out at FCA transparency plans. Says “naming and shaming” companies under investigation seems inconsistent with regulator’s new duty to promote growth. Rare public broadside from Chancellor against a regulator. 
w/ Financial Times team
on.ft.com/3xSmFYE

Breaking news: Humza Yousaf has said he will resign as Scotland’s first minister, forcing his Scottish National party into a leadership contest ahead of the UK general election on.ft.com/3UBQXYD

The largest western banks in Russia paid the Kremlin more than €800mn in taxes last year, a fourfold increase on prewar levels, despite promises to minimise their exposure after the invasion of Ukraine.

With Anastasia Stognei.
on.ft.com/3UBv6k3

From bribes to sex scandals, lawyer investigations scrutinised over ‘whitewash’ claims on.ft.com/4aRI2YF

Ahead of former Post Office GC Susan Crichton giving evidence at the Horizon inquiry this morning, I took a look at the role of in-house lawyers in the affair. on.ft.com/3Ut2kls

I’ve interviewed ShabanaMahmood for the @ft ahead of her first major speech as shadow justice secretary

in which she defends UK’s membership of the European Court of Human Rights, describing it as a privilege that has “protected the rights of thousands of British citizens” over…

Tory MP Mark Menzies to step down at UK general election and quits party on.ft.com/4aJoHc2

Evidence of fraud ‘quite compelling’, says ex-Post Office managing director on.ft.com/3JiBYfC

Are you looking to kickstart your career in journalism? The Financial Times Newsroom Apprentice programme, in partnership with the Manchester Evening News, is open to applicants.

The apprenticeship is for people without a degree. Find out more and apply on.ft.com/4aOSq31 Manchester News MEN