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

Chris Jarvis
19 December, 2025 (3 days ago)

Who’s up and who’s down?

A photo of a ballot box

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Big Ben is a symbol of democracy. Union-busting firms should have no role in restoring it

Josiah Mortimer
13 October, 2017

The Parliamentary authorities should strip anti-union firms from any involvement in restoring this national monument.

Corbyn supporters should put their principles into practice – and join a union

Jennifer Forbes
13 October, 2017

Last week it emerged that Momentum – the grassroots movement supporting Jeremy Corbyn – now has over 30,000 members. But how many of those are in a trade union? 

View from the European Parliament: the UK is outnumbered and unprepared in the Brexit talks

Richard Corbett
13 October, 2017

Ahead of next week’s meeting of EU leaders, Richard Corbett MEP, Labour’s acting leader in the European Parliament, looks are where we are. It isn’t looking good.

One pound extra for workers’ rights at Deliveroo? We should all be prepared to pay it

Simon Sapper
13 October, 2017

Deliveroo are resisting better conditions on the grounds that it would push up prices. Customers should call their bluff and and be willing to cough up.

London LGBT venue wins unprecedented victory against property developers

Charlotte England
12 October, 2017

More than half of London’s LGBTQ+ spaces have closed since 2006, but a version of the Joiners Arms will now stay open for 25 years.

LBC ‘suggests being a Labour Party member is as important as eating’, in absurd attempt to stitch up MP

Charlotte England
12 October, 2017

Radio station accused of ‘surpassing gotcha journalism’ and relying on ‘false equivalency’, with suggestion that charging prospective party members a premium rate to join Labour is the same as forcing destitute benefits claimants to call 55p a minute line for food money.

Poor children missing out on chance to develop life skills, report finds

Charlotte England
12 October, 2017

Participation in after school activities like volunteering and debating is falling, especially among children from disadvantaged backgrounds.

Do we still need the Green Party?

Georgia Elander
12 October, 2017

We now have an insurgent left-wing Labour party in this country – does this make the Greens redundant?

55p a minute to call a helpline – but that’s just the tip of the iceberg on Universal Credit

Emma Bean
11 October, 2017

Jeremy Corbyn skewered Theresa May today at prime minister’s questions on the rollout of Universal Credit, as he urged her to do away with the unjust premium rate phone line which sees those seeking advice charged 55p a minute. Manytest

Ealing Council takes landmark step to protect those entering abortion clinic

Emma Bean
11 October, 2017

Ealing council have taken the landmark move to ban pro-life protestors from demonstrating outside of an abortion clinic. Not one councillor voted against the move last night to have a buffer zone around the clinic, so as to prevent harassmenttest

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