Twelve principal authority council by-elections this week and, after last week’s blip, a return to winning ways for the Liberal Democrats. Colin Millichap with David Chadwick. Yscir with Honddu Isaf & ...

Twenty-three (!) principal authority contests this week, for twenty-four seats, and although it has been a good start to... … ...

Unsurprisingly given Elon Musk’s recent antics and increasing unpopularity, with even some parts of government moving away from X, more and more Lib Dems are looking at giving Threads and/or Bluesky a ...

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 ...

There are two ways for drivers to pay Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) each year: in one lump sum or in monthly instalments. But one is costlier.

A press release from the Liberal Democrats brings the news: Richard Kilpatrick has been selected as the Liberal Democrat candidate for Greater Manchester in the upcoming mayoral election to replace ...

* 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, Focaldata: ...

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 ...

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 elected under the Reform banner on ...

So far we’ve had polls giving Andy Burnham a three, ten and five point lead, all from established pollsters. We now also have a new poll from a newer polling firm, Convergent, who are a member of the ...