That is the title of a new piece of research out from academic Chris Butler and myself, looking at how people can donate ...

There were three principal authority council by-elections this week, all Liberal Democrat defences and all resulting in a Lib ...

Cllr Tina Bhartwas, previously deputy leader of the Labour group on Hertfordshire County Council, has joined the Liberal Democrats. The Bishop’s Stortford Independent reports: Cllr Bhartwas blamed a ...

In Higham Ferrers ward North Northamptonshire, Reform UK has put my more council candidates than there are vacant seats to ...

Four principal authority council by-elections this week. They featured three Liberal Democrat candidates, which is two up on ...

The Liberal Democrats have selected Neil Alexander for the Scottish Parliament constituency of Inverness and Nairn.

A different way of looking at the 2025 local elections is to see how the seats breakdown according to which party has the MP ...

After the news about Donna Edmunds and Luke Shingler being elected as Reform UK councillors but no longer representing the party, we have a third story. This time it is Desmond Clarke, elected for ...

Pink News reports that Dylan Tippetts is now the newest Lib Dem councillor: A trans councillor who quit the Labour Party after accusing the party of “throwing trans people under the bus” has joined ...

Here’s the tally of seats changing hands in principal authority council by-elections held between the May 2025 and the May 2026 local elections: Each row shows the net gains or losses for that party, ...