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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

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Greensill is only the tip of the iceberg – and our watchdogs are toothless

Prem Sikka
16 April, 2021

Poor regulation is the result of a broken political culture.

The NHS shows the way in approaches to climate change

Laurie Laybourn-Langton Matthew Lawrence
16 April, 2021

The NHS is the model of how the state can democratise action on climate change.

New revelations but no front pages

Emma Burnell
16 April, 2021

The papers are preoccupied with the funeral arrangements for Prince Phillip. But Tory cronyism stories will run and run.

One special asylum seeker does not prove this country’s virtue

Rachel Trafford
16 April, 2021

Prince Phillip was not ‘The people’s refugee’ and it is disingenuous to make out he was.

Calls for Tory peer to quit after revelations he ‘victimised’ female worker

LFF Reporter
15 April, 2021

The judge ruled that Rami Ranger ‘victimised’ and ‘discriminated against’ a woman who complained about harassment at his firm.

EXCL: “The police should be a service – not a force” – Lib Dems set out plans for capital

LFF Reporter
15 April, 2021

Luisa Porritt backs effectively decriminalising cannabis in the capital, as well as restricting stop and search, LFF can report.

“Dangerous precedent”: charities condemn PM’s comments on Israel war crimes probe

LFF Reporter
15 April, 2021

“The investigation is the first genuine hope that alleged perpetrators of the most serious crimes will be held to account for their actions.”

Radical Roundup

Radical Roundup: 10 stories that have got buried – Week 3, April 2021

Josiah Mortimer
14 April, 2021

Our roundup of the progressive news you might have missed…

“Cynical and shabby”: Rachel Reeves slams Tories over Greensill lobbying sleaze

Rachel Reeves
14 April, 2021

“When did we stop caring about honesty and integrity? That is what today’s Opposition Day motion on lobbying is about,” Rachel Reeves MP says.

REVEALED: UK is the world’s biggest producer of medical cannabis – but Brits can’t access it

Josiah Mortimer
14 April, 2021

Almost no NHS prescriptions for medical cannabis are being issued, despite the UK being the world’s biggest producer.

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