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

With 106 of 107 councils declared by Saturday night, the Lib Dems had 521 councillors in England, a gain of 104, compared to 513 for the Tories, a loss of 473 councillors. The Lib Dems winning more councillors than the Tories has only happened once before, in 1996.

The Liberal Democrats have taken control of Dorset Council following the local elections. Dorset had its last election five years ago in 2019, when the authority was formed. It was previously run by a Conservative administration, which went into this election with 43 seats.

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

Voters are “sick to the back teeth” with the Conservative government, Hertfordshire’s only Liberal Democrat MP has said. Speaking at an election count in Cheshunt, deputy party leader Daisy Cooper said: “Quite frankly,

LIB Dem leader Sir Ed Davey paid another visit to Dorset over the weekend to toast the strong results at the Dorset Council election.