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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?

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Frances O'Grady calls for government to work with trade unions

Unions must have a role in government’s plans to ‘build back better’ says TUC

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
25 October, 2021

With Britain facing a cost-of-living crisis, Frances O’Grady is calling on the chancellor to work with unions and focus the Spending Review on improving pay and conditions.

A ‘landmark case for press freedom’: Julian Assange supporters stage protest march in London

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
25 October, 2021

Protestors gathered in central London over the weekend, demanding the release of the WikiLeaks’ founder.

A photo of campaigners holding Green Party placards

Green Party adopts antisemitism guidance including IHRA and Jerusalem Declaration definitions

Chris Jarvis
24 October, 2021

The party has for the first time formally adopted guidance on antisemitism

Warnings made about newly formed group of climate change sceptics

‘Lukewarmer propaganda’: Climate change deniers’ ‘rebrand’ sparks concern

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
24 October, 2021

Claims that a prominent climate change denial group has rebranded as Net Zero Watch has incited concern and warnings over group’s objectives and dubious climate science messages.

Green Party members holding a banner

Green Party commits to £50 billion a year in international aid and climate finance

Chris Jarvis
24 October, 2021

The decision from the Green Party comes in the run up to the COP26 climate talks in Glasgow, where finance from richer countries to lower-income countries will be a discussed by world leaders. 

Sian Berry

Sian Berry: I wish I’d been firmer on transphobia

Chris Jarvis
24 October, 2021

In an exclusive interview with LFF, former Green Party co-leader Sian Berry says ‘I wish that much sooner I’d realised that a better strategy was to be firmer about our values’

Report unveils flaws in the school funding system

The ‘reverse of levelling up’: Report shows funding model is failing disadvantaged schools

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
24 October, 2021

A parliamentary report finds schools in the most deprived areas in England are getting less money than more affluent institutions, sparking doubt over Johnson’s ‘levelling up’ agenda.

BFAWU members campaigning for a £15 an hour minimum wage

Green Party conference votes to support £15 minimum wage

Chris Jarvis
23 October, 2021

The Greens have backed the BFAWU’s ‘Fight for 15’ campaign

Carla Denyer and Adrian Ramsay speaking at Green Party Conference

Green Party members vote to support free social care

Chris Jarvis
23 October, 2021

The Green Party now supports publicly funded care, free at the point of use

Keir Starmer under fire for position of drugs reform

Senior Scottish Labour MSP accuses Starmer of ‘tacitly endorsing’ drug deaths

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
23 October, 2021

The frontbencher has confronted the Labour leader for “placating” the right-wing press by refusing to extend softer drug laws to the rest of Britain.

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