Which party has won the most council by-elections since the May 2025 local elections?
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Chair of Pragmatic Radicalism John Slinger looks ahead to the next Top of the Policies event on industry policy.

Val Shawcross AM examines Boris Johnson’s appalling housing record.

A look at the corkers in David Cameron’s Conservative Party Conference speech today, on the economy, the NHS, the EU, housing benefit, child poverty…

The wordle of David Cameron’s 2012 conference speech.

Larry Smith’s latest round-up of the US Presidential election campaign.

Left Foot Forward looks at Theresa May’s speech to the Tory Party conference yesterday in which she failed to mention the huge cuts to police numbers.

If you’re watching Cameron’s speech at 11:15am today, you can hold him to account using the #CamCorker hashtag; we’ll post on the genuine corkers later today.

Debbie Abrahams MP, PPS to the shadow health secretary Andy Burnham and chair of the PLP health committee, looks at what Jeremy Hunt has in store for the NHS.

Labour could offer local communities around the UK a clear alternative to the tarmac dystopia of the Tories that goes beyond the discredited ideas of the past.

Health secretary Jeremy Hunt’s speech to the Conservative Party conference today was one of the worst one ever made by a holder of a major Whitehall department.