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The Conservatives have lost their majority on Surrey County Council following by-election defeats to the Lib Dems and Reform.
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The latest episode of Never Mind The Bar Charts sees a return to the show for Professor Rob Ford. We dive into my favourite political paradox to discuss with him: the long term liberalising trends in ...
The Agenda and Reports to Conference have been published for the Autumn Lib Dem Federal Conference in Bournemouth.
Sam Booth (Bentley ward, Doncaster Council) was elected as a Reform councillor in May but has now resigned.
A regularly updated list of all the local councillors that Reform UK has shed from the May local elections.
Just a few weeks after being elected in a by-election for Reform UK, Owain Clatworthy contacted the Labour Party about joining them.
New data is out from the annual British Social Attitudes survey: Support for electoral reform has reached a new high – A record 60% are in favour of changing the electoral system ‘to allow smaller ...
Below is the list of the Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Candidates (formally Prospective Parliamentary Candidates, aka PPCs) for the next Westminster general election. If you’d like to help them, a ...
Here is a curio. Michael Ramage was elected in May as a councillor in County Durham as one of the Reform UK candidates. In other words, he is not a member of the official Reform group on the council ...
Congratulations to the following Liberal Democrats spotted in the 2025 King’s Birthday honours: Mike Cox, Lib Dem councilor and chair of our federal finance committee (FFRC) – CBE “for Political and ...
Reform UK has shed yet another councillor after John Bailey, elected for Easington and Shotton ward on County Durham in May, quit.