The combined agenda and directory for the forthcoming Lib Dem Spring Conference 2026 in York are now out.

Three principal authority council by-elections this week, one a traditional non-party affair for the City of London ...

Welcome to Manu Singh, previously a Green councillor on Runnymede Council and now a Liberal Democrat councillor.

Congratulations to Pat Hackett, a former Labour council leader who has just been elected unopposed in a by-election for Dawlish Town Council.

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Read my posts about the 2026 Liberal Democrat Federal Party Spring Conference in York, at the Barbican Centre on 13-15 March.

Councillor Howard Sykes, Oldham Borough’s longest serving councillor, is to retire from Oldham Council this May.

Read about the 2026 local elections, scheduled as usual for the first Thursday in May but with many cancelled due to local government reorganisation.

Here is a list of the councillors which Reform has shed from the May 2025 local elections and from those elections in by-elections since. The latest update is the departure of Nick Brown, yet another ...

Here is a list of the councillors which Reform has shed from the May 2025 local elections and from those elections in by-elections since. The latest update is the departure of Stuart Graham, now ...