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Ben Houchen with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in Teesside following his re-election as Tees Valley Mayor.
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Local and mayoral elections 2024: Swings and roundabouts

Political journalist Rachel Wearmouth joins the team to discuss the results of the local and mayoral elections mean for Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer.

The Conservatives take a pounding in the local elections and Labour are taking councils in former Brexit heartlands. But there’s a crumb of Tory comfort in Ben Houchen’s victory in the Tees Valley mayoral election – and Labour fail to take key target Harlow.

As results continue to roll in, what do the last votes before the general election mean for Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer?

Plus we are approaching a cliff-edge moment on departmental budgeting… good job there’s an IfG paper for that.

Emma Norris, Akash Paun and Ben Paxton are joined by our special guest, political journalist Rachel Wearmouth, for this week’s podcast.
 

What we talked about in this episode

People featured in this episode

Topic
Devolution Public finances
Keywords
General election Local elections Local government Regional economic growth Police Spending review Public spending Budget
Political party
Conservative Labour
Position
Metro mayor Chancellor of the exchequer Prime minister Leader of the opposition
Administration
Sunak government
Department
HM Treasury
English Regions
Yorkshire and the Humber East Midlands West Midlands East of England North West South East South West Greater London North East
Combined authorities
East Midlands Combined County Authority Greater Manchester Combined Authority Greater London Authority Liverpool City Region Combined Authority North East Combined Authority Tees Valley Combined Authority South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority West Midlands Combined Authority West of England Combined Authority
Public figures
Rishi Sunak Keir Starmer
Publisher
Institute for Government

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