Five principal authority council by-elections this week, of which three were Liberal Democrat defences. The contests also saw a very welcome full set of Lib Dem candidates, an increase of one on the ...

Five local council by-elections this week, of which three were Liberal Democrat defences and all of which had a Lib Dem ...

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 ...

With Elon Musk’s X and Grok continuing to be in the news, I’ve tried again asking the government if it will look at starting ...

The Murton ward council by-election in Durham brings a very rare gain for the Labour Party from Nigel Farage's Reform.

Cory and Mark watch Election, the 1999 film starring Reese Witherspoon and Matthew Broderick. They talk about whether any of ...

When a Conservative government curbed the Electoral Commission’s independence by taking on the power to set a “Strategy and Policy Statement” to direct its activities, Labour joined the opponents of ...

A reminder of the importance of ensuring that political leaflets have imprints on them: Reform had to go to court to secure legal relief.

Why does central government move so slowly, even for a simple, free and crowd pleasing measure that Martin Lewis was calling ...

Councillors Tom Sanderson and Ann Blackwell (The Stukeleys, Huntingdonshire Council) have joined the Liberal Democrats.

Following a Labour councillor joining the Lib Dems earlier this week, now two independent councillors have also joined the party: Two Swansea councillors have joined the Liberal Democrats in their ...

Possibly good news: having made a mess of it, the government may now tighten the rules on cancelling elections.