‘We have let them come on to our ground’: Labour fights off Green gains in Leeds

In Roundhay, one of its safest wards, activists say the party must win back progressive voters as support drifts to the Greens On the wide streets around Leeds’ Roundhay Park, Labour canvassers have built up a considerable step count just to walk between each of the stone-built mansions in one of the city’s most affluent suburbs. Lucy Powell, Labour’s deputy leader, is with activists in the sunshine admiring the manicured lawns and window-box pansies. This is one of the safest wards for Labou...

By Jessica Elgot Deputy political editor