Which party has won the most council by-elections since the May 2025 local elections?
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Message from Tory conference: Don’t vote Conservative if you’re under 25
Under Tory plans you could make National Insurance contributions for nine years yet still not be entitled to social security support should you lose your job.
Rightly or wrongly, profit and big business *are* dirty words to the electorate
Launching a triumphalist defence of the very entities the public increasingly feel they are being ripped off by may please your average strident Thatcherite, but it’s unlikely to go down anywhere near as well outside of the conference hall.
This attempt to move the Tories leftward is a sign that Labour’s message is hitting home
If some Tories feel they can’t move further rightwards than mass housebuilding, higher minimum wages and tough corporate regulations, then wouldn’t their triumph really represent a triumph for Labour and social democracy?
The climate crisis – another reason to stop the City
Climate crisis is being fuelled by unregulated finance.
Is it possible to be a Tory and a trade unionist?
To the question of whether one can be a Conservative and a trade unionist, the answer is of course yes. But perhaps in the same way that a turkey can theoretically vote for Christmas.
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‘The man who hated Britain’: why there was a lot to hate about 1940s Britain
Five things any right minded person SHOULD have hated about 1940s Britain.
Welsh NHS not for sale, says first minister
Welsh first minister Carwyn Jones has used his first press briefing following the Summer recess to launch a robust defence of the NHS in Wales.
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