After Tuesday's Liberal Democrat win, Thursday brought another five by-elections, including two with Lib Dems after no candidates before.

Ed Davey tells the BBC that defence spending should increase to 2.5% of GDP: As explained in the clip, the increase would be paid for by taxing technology giants who have been make huge profits ...

– indicates that party didn’t feature in the polling questions separate from ‘Others’ or that the data is not yet available. Numbers in brackets show change since the previous comparable poll (i.e. by ...

The latest episode of Never Mind The Bar Charts sees Peter Kellner join me to discuss a new report on what is going wrong with our politics, and the solutions. No surprise then that our conversation ...

The combined Agenda & Directory for the Lib Dem Federal Spring Conference coming up in Harrogate is now out. It includes details of all the keynote speeches, debates and more. Also available is the ...

Many congratulations to new councillor, Charlie Clinton. The outgoing councillor is Anton Georgiou, whose original victory has been much cited as an example to follow and who I interviewed on my ...

A local press release brings the news: Councillor Steve Ashton (Crewkerne) has joined the Liberal Democrat group at Somerset Council. Councillor Ashton was elected as a Conservative in 2022 and has ...

Before my plans rather changed for what to do after my term as Lib Dem President ends on 31 December, I had been contemplating writing a new book, looking at the apparent paradox between the long-term ...

The latest episode of Never Mind The Bar Charts saw Paula Surridge return to the show, talking about the impact of political values and of perceived competence on recent general elections. We got into ...

Image by Tasos Lekkas from Pixabay. Welcome to the latest in my occasional series highlighting interesting findings from academic research. Today – Rob Ford and Chris Butler have new research out ...

An email from Liberal Democrat HQ brings the news: The Federal Policy Committee is seeking applications from party members who wish to serve on two new policy working groups. This is a real ...

Lib Dem MP for North Devon Ian Roome, North Devon Council Leader David Clayton, Devon County Councillor Frank Biederman and Leader of Liberal Democrat Devon County Council Group Caroline Leaver. North ...