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

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

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.

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.