Keir Starmer told to ‘start listening’ after Reform makes sweeping local election gains

Doncaster mayor warns prime minister after Farage's rightwing party deals blow to Labour in Runcorn and Lincolnshire

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Keir Starmer has been warned to start listening" by a veteran Labour mayor after she fended off a challenge by Reform UK on a night when Nigel Farage's party made sweeping electoral gains.

The rightwing populist party won the Greater Lincolnshire mayoral race as the Reform candidate and former Conservative MP Andrea Jenkyns dealt a blow to her old party in one of its heartlands.