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The Conservatives gained a seat from the Lib Dems in Brentwood – but lost one to them in Wealden.

A jobsworth disregard for common sense is a threat to our trees and hedges.

Labour require ID checks for new members – yet show a less rigour when it comes to voting by the wider electorate.

A-Level provision in comprehensives is often weak.

Targeting, local candidates and campaigning with the Parliamentary candidates produced gains.

The perverse incentives in the Home Office’s proposals are dangerous.

The Conservatives gained a seat from Labour in Bury.

The right to buy policy is working but it needs to go further.

Kemi Badenoch, Andrew Boff and Shaun Bailey are likely to be elected.

Conservative councils have risen to the challenge.

Today’s sample of councils in our Right to Buy Replacement Week series are managing two new homes for each one sold.

But in Hull and Bristol the “one for one” requirement is on course to be missed.

A sample of councils shows them on course to provide over a 1,100 replacements for 774 homes sold.

UKIP held a seat in Cambridgeshire.

Real voters must be the baseline from which projections will be made.

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