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

Chris Jarvis
Yesterday

Who’s up and who’s down?

A photo of a ballot box

Latest Posts

CEO pay has dropped but they still earn 160 times more than the average worker

Oscar Webb
3 August, 2017

FTSE 100 chief execs saw their pay decrease 17 per cent this year but they still earn £4.5m on average.

Co-op communities: How we can take back control of the housing market

Josiah Mortimer
2 August, 2017

A community-owned housing scheme in London is leading the way in tackling the housing crisis

Paul Flynn MP: People should take cannabis in Parliament to show the ‘law is an ass’

Josiah Mortimer
2 August, 2017

Newport West MP tells Left Foot Forward that the ‘cavernous stupidity of our politicians’ is to blame for rise in drug deaths, as he launches bid to un-ban the bud.

The Rashan Charles protests show it’s time for action on deaths in police custody

Dr Zubaida Haque
2 August, 2017

Relations between police and black communities are at a shocking low. The government must now publish its delayed report into deaths in police custody.

Revealed: How the General Election saw a surge in the youth vote

Josiah Mortimer
2 August, 2017

New figures reveal turnout among 18-24 year olds rose above 60% this election – for the first time since 1992. This is a game-changer.

Banned far-right terror group National Action is still recruiting and training members

1 August, 2017

They have a new leader and are operating out of a warehouse in Warrington, Cheshire, says campaign group Hope Not Hate.

British Gas’s 12.5 per cent electricity hike will force more into fuel poverty

Maria Wardrobe
1 August, 2017

The number of people in fuel poverty grew from 3.5m to 4m from 2015 to 2016 alone. We need a national response on this unseen issue.

Nursing bursaries are being scrapped today but might a Tory backlash may be around the corner?

1 August, 2017

A Times op-ed called the move a ‘toxic political mix… driven more by ideology than logic’ and called for the policy to be scrapped.

Network Rail is flogging itself off to private firms – we can’t let it happen

Luke Chester
1 August, 2017

Their reforms will take us back twenty years to the disastrous Railtrack era where dodgy contractors put profit before safety, leading to several major rail crashes.

One in five MPs still employ a relative despite ban on practice for new members

31 July, 2017

The pay of MPs’ family members is on average £5,600 higher than other staff, raising obvious questions about nepotism.

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