Polling stations open at start of crucial day for Keir Starmer’s premiership

[{"id":1281334,"path":"/news/politics/local-elections-2026-vote-london-reform-green-labour-tories-lib-dems-b1281334.html","title":"Local elections 2026: Rival party leaders make final pitch as Londoners go to the polls","imageUrl":"https://static.standard.co.uk/2026/04/21/12/8a2b76c08410043cababcb6320ef87bbY29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzc2ODUyODUz-2.73057271.jpg","standfirst":"London’s political map is expected to be transformed by the borough elections with the rise of the Greens and Reform UK"},{"id":1281253,"path":"/news/politics/local-elections-london-starmer-labour-farage-reform-polanski-green-b1281253.html","title":"Local elections 2026: What's at stake for Starmer, Labour and London?","imageUrl":"https://static.standard.co.uk/2025/02/05/12/e67d406a650aed6ba5c6e3dbab51f184Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzM4ODQ1NjM4-2.78821471.jpg","standfirst":"The Prime Minister faces a battle for survival if Labour is hammered in the May elections"},{"id":1281330,"path":"/news/politics/london-local-elections-guide-polling-station-open-hours-b1281330.html","title":"London local elections 2026: Complete guide as millions go to polls","imageUrl":"https://static.standard.co.uk/2026/05/05/14/01KQEFDARZN89X5BGYV9MEXYGJ.jpg","standfirst":"More than six million Londoners are eligible to vote in Thursday’s local elections"},{"id":1281251,"path":"/news/london/judge-daughter-annabel-rook-murder-explosion-stoke-newington-trial-b1281251.html","title":"Judge’s daughter 'stabbed to death by partner who then blew up their Stoke Newington home'","imageUrl":"https://static.standard.co.uk/2025/06/17/12/03/Annabel-Rook-composite.jpeg","standfirst":"Clifton George, 45, is accused of murdering 46-year-old Annabel Rook during an argument at their home in Dumont Road"},{"id":1281286,"path":"/going-out/bars/price-pint-beer-mayfair-london-over-10-pounds-b1281286.html","title":"The £11 pint sets an insane, disastrous precedent — pull the other one","imageUrl":"https://static.standard.co.uk/2026/05/06/13/52/11-pou...