‘We need to get back to British’: concern over immigration in Doncaster before local elections

Residents feel city is in decline and polls suggest Reform could take control of council from Labour next month

You can't fix the system with the same hands that broke it," Richie Vallance shouted through a megaphone from his mobility scooter. Let's make Doncaster Doncaster again," he yelled at passersby in the city centre, who mostly politely ignored him.

Vallance is standing as an independent candidate for mayor in the local elections on 1 May, when all 55 seats on the city's council will also be up for grabs. The small South Yorkshire city is a key battleground that will be a test of Labour's resilience in the face of rising public support for Reform UK.