Five of the six council by-elections this week are Conservative defences in a week when the government has been in the headlines thanks to a variety of different stories, almost all negative.
What Liberal Democrat strategy should be has been a particularly regular theme of this newsletter and my other writings for the last two years. In part that has been a response to the experience of…
Readers of Geoff Payne's report on the last FPC meeting, on 18 October, may remember that we took the decision to establish a new policy working group on Race Equality.
Leo Barasi's writings about public opinion are always worth a close read. He's one of those people who look at why others disagree with his worldview, not with a view to disparaging them but with a…
Ahead of the today's debate in the House of Commons on "Calais and unaccompanied child refugees in Europe", and in the House of Lords on "Government assessment of the condition of refugees and…
A new report just released by the Institute for Fiscal Studies has found that benefit cuts will increase child poverty, especially in the North East and in Wales.
ALDC are currently hiring for a new Fundraising and Sponsorship Officer, a Full-time role, based in Manchester. SO1-SO2 (£25,951 to £30,153)
t's time, once again, for another attempt at House of Lords reform. Late last year, the House debated a motion aiming to reduce the size of the House from its current 800-plus, and the Burns…
The Campaign for Gender Balance (CGB) and the Candidates & Diversity Team are pleased to announce that applications are now open for the 2018 edition of the Future Women MPs Weekend, to be held…
Many ministers are demoralised by attempting to put through changes which they fear may prove damaging or unworkable. Ministers who campaigned to 'restore parliamentary sovereignty' are now trying to…