Ukip broadcast cleared after complaints of racism and Islamophobia
Ofcom considers investigation into Ukip broadcast after 31 complaints
January 2016
Green party appeals to BBC over decision to deny it broadcast time
Party chief executive Nick Martin says broadcaster should acknowledge increase in support for Greens in past two elections
December 2015
BBC to give Ukip three party broadcasts a year – but Greens will get none
Nigel Farage’s party benefits from revised rules, with corporation citing its level of support and the need to reflect the range of views on EU membership
January 2015
Cornish party demands election broadcast
Mebyon Kernow leader says parties standing candidates in most seats in a region or nation should qualify for airtime
May 2014
Party election broadcasts: uniting the nation in despair and embarrassment
Stuart Heritage
Stuart Heritage: Nobody wants to hear from a politician at 6.57pm, whether it is David Cameron droning on, Ed Miliband glad-handing sick pensioners or the ghost of Nick Clegg. And don't get me started on the fringe parties
February 2014
TV execs push for more interactive leader debates ahead of general election
Media chiefs met with resistance amid plans to boost turnout with more audience participation in party leader debates. By John Plunkett
May 2013
Ukip claims local election success threatens TV debates
Prime minister will ditch 2015 TV debates amid fears Nigel Farage will repeat 'Clegg bounce' of last election, says party
January 2013
Labour refers David Cameron to statistics watchdog over debt 'error'
Party political broadcast claiming that government was bringing down debt 'was not slip of the tongue'
May 2012
From the Guardian archive
From the archive, 10 May 1956: Labour calls the tune in political broadcast
Originally published in the Guardian on 10 May 1956: A new era in British politics has arrived. The Labour party, reading the portents of thin election meetings and fat queues at the music-hall, has taken to the guitar
April 2012
Dave Hill on London
Some things that aren't surprising about Ken Livingstone's election campaign broadcast
The kerfuffle over the authenticity of the London mayoral candidate's recent election broadcast is completely absurd
March 2011
You told us
Politics has lost its soul
Donald Savoie
Donald Savoie: Today's politics are all personality and no policy. It is hardly surprising if the electorate are cynical and unwilling to vote
October 2010
BBC transmits Panorama programme on Lord Ashcroft
Documentary ran two weeks after Conservative peer objected to broadcast
April 2010
Get me Jack Bauer - Labour calls in 24 director to revive election campaign
Stephen Hopkins will take charge of new broadcast, which envisions impact of Tory plans
Conservatives change tack on party election broadcast
A planned attack on Labour has been dropped in favour of tackling the Lib Dem popularity surge. By Mark Sweney
TV ratings: Party election broadcasts watched by almost 9m
General election 2010: Labour's first party broadcast of the campaign
General election 2010: Cif at the polls
Election 2010: Gordon Brown hunkers down
Martin Kettle
February 2010
The Mumsnet election - parties use parenting website as battlefield
Conservatives and Labour look beyond billboards and party political broadcasts by firing opening salvos on website
December 2009
The smaller parties must have their say
Letters: The first televised party leader debates are very welcome, but only if they genuinely reflect the different political options voters will face
From the Guardian archiveFrom the archive, 10 May 1956: Labour calls the tune in political broadcast
