Leicester's divisive election calls for fresh leadership
Hersh Thaker reflects on this experience as a first-time candidate in one of the most divisive elections the city has ever seen.
Politics
Analysis: Inside the election that made national headlines
...and what the results could tell us about the future landscape of local politics.
Explore Leicester Labour’s decline – Timeline
Everything you need to know about the events that led to the biggest political upset in over a decade.
🗞️ Vote Watch 2023: Business, jobs and cost of living
"There is a saying in politics: campaign in poetry, govern in prose."
🗞️ Vote Watch 2023: Labour v Conservatives on arts and culture
"The arts are essential to any complete national life."
🗞️ Vote Watch 2023: How should the council be run?
"Sir Peter has rejected suggestions Leicester should join the East Midlands Devolution Deal"
🗞️ Vote Watch 2023: What do the manifestos say about housing?
"I’m worried that Leicester Labour’s pledge to build new council houses represents a 45% decrease compared to the 2019 to 2023 council term."
🎧 Learning from Canada's approach to Voter ID
With voter ID becoming law in the UK and local elections fast approaching on 4 May, there has been a lot of debate and controversy around the issue.
Canada's voter ID approach: a blueprint for change?
With voter ID becoming law in the UK and local elections fast approaching on 4 May, there has been a lot of debate and controversy around the issue.
“An operation worthy of Joe Stalin”: The full list of Labour councillors pushed aside
The Labour Party has 'purged' 19 councillors in Leicester ahead of this year’s May local elections in a bid to root out corruption.
Leicester’s elected mayor: Is it time for change?
As the local elections approach in May, Leicester’s political parties are in a heated debate over the future of the council’s leadership.
