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Which party has won the most council by-elections since the May 2025 local elections?

Chris Jarvis
19 December, 2025 (4 days ago)

Who’s up and who’s down?

A photo of a ballot box

Latest Posts

Why I’ve resigned as Chair of the Green Party’s Executive

Clare Phipps
24 November, 2017

When does ‘volunteering’ become ‘exploitation’? The Greens must start putting their principles into practice.

Here’s why we need to step up the battle against microplastics

24 November, 2017

We can’t wait for the UK ban to take effect – the crisis in our oceans is now (sponsored).

This fracking company just won a court injunction banning protest

Josiah Mortimer
24 November, 2017

Campaigners have slammed the decision as a dangerous attack on free speech. Is peaceful protest against frackers being shut down in the UK?

In the middle of a crisis, the government is selling off our social housing

Josiah Mortimer
24 November, 2017

Over 18,000 homes were flogged off through Right to Buy last year in England – when our social housing stock is needed more than ever.

‘Austerity is nowhere near over’: IFS gives bleak assessment of budget

Charlotte England
23 November, 2017

Things are going to get much worse, before they get better.

Here’s why this year’s budget is ‘one of the least green ever’

Charlotte England
23 November, 2017

The Tories are withdrawing subsidies for green power projects until 2025, but offering tax breaks for North Sea oil and gas developers.

City of London

A Robin Hood Tax would work. Trust me, I used to work for a hedge fund

Pat Berryman
23 November, 2017

Why is everyone still paying for the bankers’ mess – except the bankers themselves?

I was convicted for protesting against fracking. As a councillor, I have no regrets

Gina Dowding
23 November, 2017

Taking direct action against fracking wasn’t an impulsive decision but a last resort. I had exhausted every option through every democratic channel available to me.

Hammond’s budget picked Tory ideology over boosting Britain’s economy

Prem Sikka
22 November, 2017

The Chancellor should have taken the chance to revive a stagnating UK. Instead he scrimped on it.

Budget LIVE: Progressives respond to Hammond’s Autumn Statement

22 November, 2017

Here’s what the left has to say about the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement.

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