Which party has won the most council by-elections since the May 2025 local elections?
Who’s up and who’s down?

Britain’s energy economy is designed to benefit the existing big players, even when all the evidence recommends the opposite

Short money goes some way to redressing our woefully disproportionate voting system

Conservative changes to the voting system mean that young Remain supporters are less likely to be on the electoral roll

Poll suggests Tories could win 22 seats to Labour’s 21 and become the largest opposition party

We can expect violent scenes as desperate people resist being returned to Turkey

A bizarre dispute over Labour’s public health bill has undermined the possibility of cross-party cooperation following May’s elections

Despite his supposedly principled resignation, Duncan Smith’s legacy is one of deep prejudice and stigma

Forget stop and search, to tackle knife crime we should talk about youth cuts

The changes are described as indefensible in a damning resignation letter

We need to change the conversation by getting rid of purposeless fiscal rules