The Conservative Party has lost every council it was defending in Thursday's local elections after it found itself squeezed between Reform UK and the Liberal Democrats.Kemi Badenoch's party began Thursday holding 15 of the councils up for election, but by Friday evening had lost control of every single one of them.Reform was the main beneficiary of the Conservative collapse, winning more than 600 seats and taking control of 10 local authorities stretching from Kent to Co Durham.

The Conservative Party has lost every council it was defending in Thursday's local elections after it found itself squeezed between Reform UK and the Liberal Democrats.Kemi Badenoch's party began Thursday holding 15 of the councils up for election, but by Friday evening had lost control of every single one of them.Reform was the main beneficiary of the Conservative collapse, winning more than 600 seats and taking control of 10 local authorities stretching from Kent to Co Durham.