Labour has retained control of Bradford City Council, with a large number of young independents also winning seats. Independent candidates now hold the same number of seats as the Conservatives, with both having 13 elected members. Labour suffered four net losses, but made gains in Keighley and Wyke. Council leader Susan Hinchliffe said: "We won some seats, but lost some, and lost some good colleagues." According to the Local Democracy Reporting Service, the success of independent candidates in many of Bradford’s inner-city wards was due to dissatisfaction with how the national Labour Party has handled the war in Gaza. Among...