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 & ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 bumper fifteen council by-elections this week, including a clutch from Wales caused by councillors getting elected to the Senedd.

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 ...

Welcome to PollBase, my database of national voting intention opinion polls, going back to 1943 and the largest such dataset. It also includes an increasing range of party leader and government ...

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 ...

Congratulations to all those recognised in The King’s Birthday Honours List. In particular, these great Liberal Democrats – Clare Apel, Elizabeth Plummer, Terry Stacy and Ruth Williams. Clare Apel has ...

There were three principal authority council contests this week, starting with a tricky Liberal Democrat defence of a seat where the Lib Dem councillor had been one of eight to leave the Lib Dem group ...