The Latest Breaking News from the Lib Dems

The real Conservative plot is a subversive struggle against reality. In last Thursday’s elections, the Tories lost 397 seats and Labour, the Lib Dems and the Greens gained a total of 394; in Blackpool South, the by-election swing from the Conservatives to Labour was more than 20 per cent for…

Letters: Jane Dent calls out Labour’s hypocrisy about the party. Plus a letter from Tom Parkin

Party has gained 768 seats, Labour 545 and the Greens 480, while the Conservatives have lost 1,783

Rob Ford was part of the BBC team analysing the local election results as they poured in over the past 48 hours. Here he tells how a dramatic set of results for the government unfolded

Local election results in England justify the decision to focus on Conservative areas, claim party strategists

Tactical voting delivers only a near-victory for party in council election in the traditionally Conservative Berkshire stronghold

Ed Davey says ‘lifelong Conservative voters are backing the Lib Dems’ in constituencies party is targeting

The Greens, Liberal Democrats and Reform UK all believe they are on course to make significant gains at City Hall

Letters: Doubts about the role and direction of the Liberal Democrats are voiced by Michael Meadowcroft, Paul Lally, Gordon Vassell and Peter Loschi

The late elder statesman understood the need for a progressive realignment of British politics. That prize shouldn’t be lost, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

Siobhan Benita spent 18 months campaigning against Sadiq Khan in the last mayoral race - but now urges voters to back him