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

By openly ignoring the demands of a member state the EU has presented a gift to its sceptics

When Ed Miliband went for non-doms, it was ‘the politics of envy’. Now it’s ‘political wisdom’.

The British government is aiming to prevent people coming to the UK regardless of why they are attempting to come

The Scottish deputy first minister branded the budget a ‘con-trick’

Newspapers should report and scrutinise, not spin or cheer the government

The Easyjet dispute highlights important lessons for building better businesses and a fairer society

Osborne’s failure to put action on climate change at the heart of the budget is bad economics

The chancellor is setting up an even bleaker future when it comes to housing

Placing fiscal policy in a straitjacket ignores what is going on in the rest of the economy

Osborne won an election on the basis of promises he thought he would never have to keep