Two principal authority council by-elections this week to kick off the year and get us started with the January contests.

Lib Dems unveil a new policy to protect children online, through film-style age ratings of up to 18 for harmful social media ...

Podcast with Paul Webb about the report "Britain's Party Members" which has new data on who joins political parties and what ...

No principal authority council by-elections this week, but there are ten coming up over the rest of this month.

Lib Dems call on National Crime Agency to launch an urgent investigation into X in response to the proliferation of sexual ...

Professor Paul Webb has done extensive research into representative democracy, particularly party and electoral politics.

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A Conservative leaflet from the 1951 general election, housed at the People’s History Museum in Manchester: Information about the leaflet from the museum (see number 5 in the list): Football-themed ...

As ever, do let me know if I have missed anyone, and apologies if I have. Ed Davey says of the quartet awarded in the New Year Honours List 2026: Congratulations to everyone recognised in the New Year ...

News from the local Liberal Democrats: The Liberal Democrats are delighted to announce that Prad Bains has been re-selected as the Lib Dem candidate for the Hamble Valley Parliamentary constituency.

A street light that came on just after I got my phone out. It happened to me again, just before Christmas. Out walking in the gloom, I saw a streetlight that wasn’t on. I ran through my usual ...