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

Chris Jarvis
Today

Who’s up and who’s down?

A photo of a ballot box

Latest Posts

University strike
News

University strikes continue despite hopes of a breakthrough in talks

Hannah Davenport
21 March, 2023

University workers continue their strike action this week across the UK

News

Met Police condemned after being found to be ‘institutionally racist, misogynistic and homophobic’

Basit Mahmood
21 March, 2023

“It was never “just a few bad apples”.

Sadiq Khan
News

Sadiq Khan says he felt ‘gaslit’ by the police

Basit Mahmood
21 March, 2023

The Metropolitan Police has been found to be institutionally racist, misogynistic and homophobic.

Mick Lynch
News

Mick Lynch says he can’t rule out future strikes following Network Rail offer

Hannah Davenport
21 March, 2023

Lynch honest about the potential for further strike action after RMT union members accept Network Rail offer

Rent
Opinion

The freeze on Local Housing Allowance is only increasing the financial pain for renters

Wera Hobhouse MP
21 March, 2023

We have called for the Local Housing Allowance to be unfrozen so that benefits are more closely aligned with the rate of rent in an area

RMT
News

Victory for the RMT after members overwhelmingly vote to accept improved pay offer

Basit Mahmood
20 March, 2023

The new offer includes an uplift on salaries of between 14.4% for the lowest paid grades to 9.2% for the highest paid

Rishi Sunak speaking at the dispatch box in the House of Commons at PMQs
News

Graph shows how badly the Tories have failed working people

Basit Mahmood
20 March, 2023

UK living standards have fallen behind those of other industrialised countries

Refugees
Opinion

Why the new asylum bill is one of the worst pieces of legislation enacted by the government

Mike Buckley
20 March, 2023

‘The Conservatives have clearly decided that a harsh asylum policy will play for them at the next election.’

Dowden
News

Oliver Dowden says tax cut for wealthy rewards hard work

Basit Mahmood
20 March, 2023

Party of the rich.

Liberal Democrat conference
News

Ed Davey calls to rip up red tape on trade with Europe

Hannah Davenport
19 March, 2023

However some Liberal Democrat members felt it was ‘better late than never’

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