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 ...

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, ...

In the second half of 2019, it was £19 million spent this way. Now, in the overall scheme of government expenditure, £19 ...

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 ...

Four principal authority council by-elections this week. They featured three Liberal Democrat candidates, which is two up on the last time these wards were up – a welcome continuation of the ...

A bit of variety from all the stories of Reform UK shedding councillors as this time it is a story about Reform having too many council candidates. The election for two councillors in Higham Ferrers ...

Another councillor elected in May with Reform UK next to their name on the ballot paper is now no longer a Reform UK councillor: Wayne Titley. As Staffordshire County Council reports: A by-election is ...