Devon’s Liberal Democrats have appointed Julian Brazil as their leader, marking a change atop the group after its election surge. A vote at the weekend put Cllr Brazil ( Kingsbridge) in charge ...

The only opponent to the 17-seat Lib Dem powerhouse is Green councillor Duncan Kerr as even the eco party’s current town mayor Mike Isherwood was swept out of office. Conservative Les Maguire ...

People across England voted in local elections on Thursday, with over 1,000 council seats up for grabs. The Liberal Democrats made the second highest number of gains in these elections and gained ...

The Liberal Democrats won a huge victory in the Oxfordshire County Council local elections, winning their first ever majority in the council’s history. The party won 36 seats in the Oxfordshire County ...

Secretary Chris Wright testified to Congress in defense of Trump's 2026 fiscal spending. He was accused of freezing billions ...

The Liberal Democrats have beaten Labour in the local elections for the first time since 2009. Sir Ed Davey’s party also ended up with more seats than the Tories, saying the Conservatives had ...

The Liberal Democrats have replaced the Conservatives as “the party of middle England”, Sir Ed Davey said as he celebrated the local election results. As the Tories faced a Reform UK surge in the ...

Credit: PA The big winners in the West Country at this year's local elections were the Liberal Democrats and Reform - two parties with vastly different politics whose leaders are celebrating the ...

Councillor Heather Kidd will be the new leader of Shropshire Council In the run-up to the election she had jointly held the post of Lib Dem leader with Councillor Roger Evans, who was also re ...

“From Wiltshire to Oxfordshire, from Shropshire to Devon, the Liberal Democrats have replaced the Conservatives as the party of middle England.” Thursday’s elections saw the Lib Dems take ...

The party secured a majority in the Shrewsbury Town Council election. It came as the Lib Dems also took control of Shropshire Council. Get the latest headlines delivered straight to your inbox ...

The Liberal Democrats have replaced the Conservatives as "the party of middle England", Sir Ed Davey said as he celebrated the local election results. As the Tories faced a Reform UK surge in the ...