Sentences with phrase «flagship councils»

The new YouGov poll indicates the party is on course for the best performance in London local elections of any party for more than 40 years, but still may not capture the Tory flagship councils in Wandsworth and Westminster.

The Conservatives were bracing themselves for the loss of flagship councils Wandsworth and Westminster but Labour sources indicated they were «out of reach».

Both are Tory bastions which were flagship councils under Margaret Thatcher, but factors including the EU referendum have pushed up support for Labour, which advocates a softer position on Brexit than the Conservatives.

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BreakingTories lose Trafford

Posted at 12:58 30 Apr

The Tories only need to lose two seats to cede control of its flagship council in the north of England.

The predicted carnage facing the Tories in the recent local elections never materialised, even in London, where they comfortably held on to their flagship councils.

The Conservatives gained control of councils in Peterborough, Southend and Basildon, and saw a small swing in their favour outside the capital, but lost Trafford, their flagship council in the North West, to no overall control.

While the Tories lost Trafford - their flagship council in the North West - to no overall control, they survived a bigger scrape inside the capital and beyond.

While the Liberal Democrats had limited gain in councillors across the region they scored a major victory snatching control of a flagship council from the Conservatives in South Cambridgeshire.

«Because of that we've now got this embarrassing situation where [Secretary of State for Education] Nicky Morgan has one of her flagship councils having to admit that their grammar schools are not working for social mobility,» he said.