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

Plans for a tidal energy project in Swansea Bay sit uncomfortably alongside tax breaks for offshore oil

The chancellor’s record over five years is unimpressive, even on his own terms

Here’s what we know so far

New research by Oxford University suggests a disturbing trend of discrimination by employers

Recycling of junk data from Migration Watch betrays a nasty attitude to children of immigrants

Labour’s support of Europe could be its biggest selling point to businesses who know the importance of an open market

Caring conservatism was the raison d’être of the Cameroons once

Democracy in the west is groaning under the weight of greed, inequality and political self-interest. Unfortunately Tariq Ali doesn’t have the answers

Rumours of the Labour party’s death within a decade have been greatly exaggerated

Most of the report simply defends current practices and ignores their potential for misuse