Yvette Cooper defends children as young as 13 needing digital ID – as it happened

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However, it wasn't such a great night for the Lib Dems (or Labour or the Conservatives either) in the election for the Skelton East ward for Redcar and Cleveland council, where Reform UK set a new vote record with 65.3%, significantly ahead of Labour at 19.2% of the vote and the Conservative party (13.9%). The Lib Dems trailed, with only 1.5% of the vote.

Reform's biggest byelection win means they've gained a seat from the Tories.