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

Chris Jarvis
19 December, 2025 (2 days ago)

Who’s up and who’s down?

A photo of a ballot box

Latest Posts

Enough is enough: Can the government go just one day without looking incompetent?

Shamik Das
31 October, 2012

Today, it was DECC’s turn to look like DOSAC with the Secretary of State slapping down his junior minister over wind farms.

Jobs, fighting crime, a bigger voice, rights, the environment… We’re better off in the EU

Shamik Das
31 October, 2012

Amidst the debate on the EU budget, here are five key areas in which Britain benefits from membership of the EU.

Watch: Charlotte Harris rebuts the anti-regulation “scaremongering”

Shamik Das
30 October, 2012

Watch Charlotte Harris rebut the anti-regulation “scaremongering” of the likes of Neil Wallis and Boris Johnson.

How will Hurricane Sandy impact the election?

Dan Holden
30 October, 2012

As Hurricane Sandy continues to lash the Eastern Seaboard, Dan Holden looks at the potential political impact.

Salmond goes AWOL as Labour attack “arrogance and contempt” of SNP leader

Shamik Das
30 October, 2012

Alex Salmond was accused of “running scared” after he failed to show up for a debate on the SNP’s lack of legal advice on EU membership at Holyrood today.

Cable’s memory problems: 11:07: ‘Growth committee’s never met’… 12:05: ‘It’s met twice’

Shamik Das
30 October, 2012

Vince Cable is quizzed on the cabinet’s mysterious Growth Implementation Committee.

JRF: Universal Credit is a “significant challenge” to poor families and will affect women more

Shamik Das
30 October, 2012

The Universal Credit represents a “significant challenge” to low-income families and is likely to affect women “disproportionately”, according to a JRF report.

How lawful is a General Strike?

Ruwan Subasinghe
30 October, 2012

In the wake of the October 20th protest, Ruwan Subasinghe discusses the legality of a General Strike.

Advice? What advice? Salmond finds himself in more hot water over EU ‘lies’

Dan Holden
29 October, 2012

Alex Salmond and Nicola Sturgeon found themselves embroiled deeper in the political storm on whether they sought legal advice over Scotland’s EU membership.

Comment: Miliband’s mental health speech needs to be the start of something bigger

Ed Jacobs
29 October, 2012

A look at Ed Miliband’s One Nation speech on mental health today.

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