FirstFT: Greens deal by-election blow to Labour

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Starmer reels as Greens seize Labour stronghold in UK special election

Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Labour Party suffered an embarrassing election defeat on Friday in an area of Greater Manchester that it had dominated for almost a century, a loss that underscores the breakdown of Britain’s two-party ‌politics. The loss of one of Labour’s safest seats, in the biggest electoral test in almost a year, puts further pressure on Starmer to prove that he should keep his job following weeks of political turmoil and calls for him to resign. The left-wing Green Party’s...

By Reuters

UK PM's Labour Party Loses Greater Manchester Seat. It Held It For A Century

The left-leaning Green Party's Hannah Spencer won the contest for the vacant parliamentary seat of Gorton and Denton, the first time the party has won a one-off parliamentary election.