Today's council elections across England give voters a chance to deliver their verdict on Labour's first year in power and decide the make-up of local councils, while in London residents have been voting in a referendum on proposals for a mayor for the city.

David Dimbleby introduces the latest results, plus reaction from politicians. Peter Snow is on hand to analyse the results as they come in, and reveals the findings of a BBC survey on the mood of the country one year after Labour's landslide victory, while Janet Street-Porter, Diane Madill and Anne Mackenzie bring reaction from the counts across the country.

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