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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

Thatcher’s ‘shareholder democracy’ failed. Here’s how we create an economy for the 21st century

Josiah Mortimer
18 April, 2018

A new report sets out some radical models for democratic ownership, ahead of a live Left Foot Forward/Co-Operative Party Q&A this Friday.

Super-sized lies: How the Sun tried and failed to smear the #McStrike

Ali and Lauren
18 April, 2018

Two McDonald’s strikers respond to an attack piece by the Sun – and say the campaign for decent conditions is growing by the day.

women at work in the mid-20th century - black and white

The gender pay gap cannot be tolerated any longer

Dawn Butler
17 April, 2018

Companies failing to address the gender pay gap have to pay up, writes shadow women and equalities minister Dawn Butler.

NHS staff are being assaulted like never before

Joana Ramiro
17 April, 2018

Physical attacks on health workers are on the rise, and government cuts to services might well be to blame.

The McStrike is back on May Day

Joana Ramiro
17 April, 2018

McDonald’s workers are taking their fight for a living wage to new stores in the UK, after last year’s campaign proved highly successful.

Rachel Reeves: Here’s how the left can transform the world of work

Rachel Reeves
16 April, 2018

If wages are to improve, the UK industrial strategy has to understand local needs and local economies – not just national productivity.

May’s immigration minister u-turns on Windrush deportations

Joana Ramiro
16 April, 2018

After much pressure, Cabinet minister Caroline Nokes admits “terrible mistakes” were made when deporting members of the WIndrush generation.

Trade unionists are demanding a shakeup of Westminster’s political system

Mike Kirby
16 April, 2018

Parliament is crumbling in more ways than one. But momentum is growing in the labour movement for real democratic reform.

Shareholders have run the show for too long – it’s time for radical reform to company boards

Prem Sikka
16 April, 2018

Limited liability for shareholders has conferred unlimited liability on people. It’s time corporations were democratised.

Tipped for success: Why TGI Fridays staff are planning to strike for the first time

Dave Turnbull
13 April, 2018

Is the American diner set to see its first wave of strike action in the UK?

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