Labour’s deputy leader Harriet Harman has arrived in Sheffield to congratulate the local Labour party on their victory in yesterday’s local council elections.

Listen to Harriet Harman, Labour

She is meeting the new council leader, Julie Dore, and other Labour Party workers in the city who are euphoric after regaining control of the council last night.

In a night of drama Labour inflicted a heavy defeat on their Lib Dem rivals, taking nine seats and sparking a crisis in the coalition government.

The significance of the result cannot be overestimated with Sheffield Hallam MP and deputy prime minister Nick Clegg coming under intense pressure after his party’s poor showing in the polls.

The fact that such a senior figure as Harman has chosen Sheffield for a high profile visit shows how much Labour values the Sheffield victory.