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Rob Ford dives into the paradox of long-term liberalising trends in Britain yet plenty of wins for the Conservatives and ...

The Agenda and Reports to Conference have been published for the Autumn Lib Dem Federal Conference in Bournemouth.

A regularly updated list of all the local councillors that Reform UK has shed from the May local elections.

The latest episode of Never Mind The Bar Charts sees me discuss with polling expert Steve Akehurst what has happened to Labour’s July 2024 vote. We dive into the characteristics of those who voted for ...

James McMurdock, Reform UK MP for South Basildon and East Thurrock, has suspended himself after financial allegations were put to him.

Ahead of the next round of votes in the House of Lords on the Bill to remove hereditary peers, a new poll shows widespread public support for reform of the second chamber to go further.

Just a few weeks after being elected in a by-election for Reform UK, Owain Clatworthy contacted the Labour Party about joining them.

Matt Bunday, councillor for Swaythling ward and who was secretary of the Labour Party group on Southampton Council, has joined the Lib Dems.

After five no-shows in a row for the party in the Ashford Town ward, Spelthorne, it now has a Lib Dem candidate.

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 ...