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

Chris Jarvis
Yesterday

Who’s up and who’s down?

A photo of a ballot box

Latest Posts

Vegan meal

Green leaders including Caroline Lucas call on Brits to try veganism in New Year’s message

Lucy Skoulding
21 December, 2020

‘We can protect the planet and prevent future pandemics if we change our diets’

Boris Johnson speaking at a desk

Scientists ignored by government on major coronavirus decisions, report finds

Lucy Skoulding
21 December, 2020

‘The government’s response to the pandemic has too often been undermined by misunderstanding the role of science advice and using it inconsistently’

Coal mine

‘Brilliant result’ sees last ever opencast coal mine application unanimously rejected

Tommy Greene
21 December, 2020

Environmental campaigners say it represents the final nail in the coffin of UK opencast coal mining

Claudia Webbe: 2020 is the year government cronyism became endemic in Britain

Claudia Webbe
21 December, 2020

This government is frivolous when it comes to handing public money out to Tory donors, but penny-pinching when it comes to bailing out communities…

Polling station sign

The Tories are refusing to spend any money to run elections safely during the pandemic

Sophia Dourou
18 December, 2020

The UK ‘needs to follow international examples’ and invest to ensure ballots are run safely.

Scottish Greens

Exclusive: Scottish Greens co-leader sets out party’s hopes for Holyrood elections

Sophia Dourou
18 December, 2020

“We have the chance to do something new, and different, and exciting, and not be stuck, hampered by these unchangeable institutions.”

Food bank

How the Tories have allowed millions to plunge into destitution

Prem Sikka
18 December, 2020

Poverty and destitution are not the outcome of some invisible hand of fate, but the that of government policies and unresponsive economic and political institutions.

Press

Revealed: A handful of billionaires control a staggering share of UK media

Sophia Dourou
18 December, 2020

The data shows that the rise in digital media is only marginally counterbalancing the fact that the overwhelming majority of UK media is controlled by a handful of owners.

The UK opencast coal industry just received a final nail in the coffin in a landmark vote

Tommy Greene
17 December, 2020

Organisations have mounted an energetic campaign against the mining proposals, in a bid to hold the local authority to its word on climate breakdown.

unconscious bias

The Government just showed how little they care about tackling racism in the civil service

Lucille Thirlby
17 December, 2020

Scrapping unconscious bias training highlight’s the government’s indifference to creating a diverse and inclusive civil service

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