The Greens lost two seats they were defending in this week's council by-elections, in Sheffield and in Leicestershire.

Mark and Cory talk about a giant of American political drama for the first time with The West Wing's Let Bartlet Be Bartlet ...

Liberal Democrat councillor Amjid Ali has become leader of Luton Council, replacing the previous Labour leader.

Josh Bancroft has joined the Liberal Democrats from the Conservatives, becoming the party's first councillor on Cannock Chase ...

Patrick Stillman, a Lib Dem councillor, has been selected as the party's candidate for the Holborn and St Pancras by-election ...

We need to worry about controls on how parties spend money, not just about controls on where they get money from.

There were four principal authority council by-elections this week and, after the halt to Reform net gains in the last few ...

Although hitting a record high unfavourable rating is what catches the eye in the latest YouGov Nigel Farage tracker, note the trends too.

* indicates a figure with slightly different fieldwork dates from the rest of the row. Wording used – BMG: satisfied/dissatisfied, Deltapoll: well/badly, Find Out Now: well/badly, Freshwater: ...

Given how popular (and lengthy!) my list of Reform councillor departures after the May 2025 elections turned out to be, here is a new list, this time for councillors on principal authorities elected ...

Each row shows the net gains or losses for that party, broken down by where those gains/losses have come from. Each cell shows the net gains/losses, followed by in brackets the total number of gains ...

The latest edition of my email newsletter about work in Parliament, A Lord’s Eye View, is out and you can also read it in full below. But if you’d like to get future editions emailed direct to you as ...