2026 UK local elections

The New Arab's coverage of the 2026 UK local elections

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US-Israel war on Iran
Economy
Live Story

Global stocks diverge, oil rises after fresh US-Iran clashes

Oil prices once again rose on Friday following renewed clashes in the Strait of Hormuz between Iran and the US.

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
08 May, 2026
Local Elections 2026: Count and Declaration For Hackney Mayor
2026 UK local elections
World
Live Story

Palestine and the UK elections: What early wins, losses suggest

Assiah Hamed
Anam Alam
08 May, 2026
British Prime Minister and Labour leader Keir Starmer
2026 UK local elections
World
Live Story

UK PM Starmer 'takes responsibility' for Labour election losses

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
08 May, 2026
gaza uk
2026 UK local elections
World
Live Story

How Gaza became one of the defining issues in UK local elections

Anam Alam
07 May, 2026
Zack Polanski
Antisemitism
Voices

Last refuge of the desperate, antisemitism panic targets Greens

JM

Jonas Marvin

07 May, 2026
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and his wife Victoria Starmer arrive at a polling station in Westminster, to vote in the local elections in London, United Kingdom on May 7, 2026
2026 UK local elections
World
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Britons set to punish Starmer's Labour in local polls

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
07 May, 2026
Zvikomborero “Zviko” Chihoro
2026 UK local elections
Interviews
Live Story

Meet the Green Party candidate taking on Labour in Brixton

Anam Alam

Anam Alam

06 May, 2026
A pro-Palestine protest in London on 14 October 2023
Pro-Palestinian activism
World
Live Story

Pro-Palestine groups mobilise for Nakba Day march in London

Amer Sultan
The New Arab Staff
06 May, 2026
Reform [Getty]
2026 UK local elections
World
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UK's hard-right Reform eyes huge new gains in local elections

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
06 May, 2026