Matt Davis interviews Dr. John Ault, Director of Democracy Volunteers, about their recently released report on the 2025 English local elections, held on May 1st. The Democracy Volunteers team deployed observers across every area in England holding elections, with the exception of the Isles of Scilly. Once again they observed several challenges to the voting process and have made a number of recommendations to the UK's Electoral Commission and the UK Government. They focus on the continuing challenges of 'family voting' in the UK, some problems with the requirement to show ID at polling stations and also with some of the less prominent issues around postal voting.