Sheffield’s election count is not yet underway but council leader Terry Fox is expected to resign as Labour Leader.

This comes following a series of let-downs including the tree felling scandal and the Fargate shipping container disaster.

The news was reported this morning hours before the early results of local elections.

His resignation will prompt a leadership race and the party is expected to choose a new person for the role in the coming weeks.

Coun Fox, who became leader in 2021 after Julie Dore stepped down, has been under pressure to resign following the publication of Sir Mark Lowcock’s report of the tree felling inquiry.

The report specified the tree despite as one of the reasons the party has been failing locally after losing its majority on the council in 2021.

According to the report, the council overstretched its authority in taking extreme action against protestors, has serious and sustained failures in leadership and misled the public, court and the independent panel it established to deal with the dispute.