Labour has lost control of more than half of its London boroughs in a dire set of elections for Sir Keir Starmer and his premiership.
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan accused his party of taking the capital “for granted for too long” and failing to deliver the change it had promised.
Labour went into the local elections as a dominant force, controlling 21 of the city’s 32 boroughs.
But it managed to hold on to just ten town halls in a bruising night which has reshaped the political map.
Zack Polanski’s Green Party were the main beneficiaries from Labour’s plummeting popularity in the capital, taking control of Lewisham, Hackney and Waltham Forest in a series of historic wins.
Meanwhile, Brent, Enfield, Haringey and Southwark fell to no overall control after decades of Labour rule.
Westminster, one of three flagship Conservative boroughs Labour seized control of for the first time in 2022, was also lost to the Tories. The other two – Barnet and Wandsworth – are now no overall control.
Lambeth was still counting on Saturday, but Green sources said they were confident they could win the council or be the largest party.
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