Council by-election results from yesterday and forthcoming contests
The Conservatives lost a seat to the Lib Dems in Cambridgeshire. Labour lost a seat to an independent in Manchester.
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Robert Ward: Robust data is needed to defeat knife crime
We are left with a scattergun of projects, selected on old information, the best sales pitch, and political favouritism.
Judy Terry: Suffolk residents are facing a Council Tax increase, yet the wasteful spending continues
Ipswich Borough Council’s decision to “improve” the Cornhill, a popular public space fronting the former Town Hall, is proving disastrous.
The Conservatives should be more transparent about candidate selections
A candidate for Police and Crime Commissioner for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough is to be chosen on Friday.
Peter Craske: Recycling is good for the environment – and good for taxpayers
In Bexley we don’t lecture people but take a practical approach. It saves millions of pounds a year.
Jonathon Seed: My mission to make Wiltshire and Swindon safe
First time young offenders need a chance of being steered away from a life of crime – which a conviction or caution may precipitate.
Council by-election result from yesterday and forthcoming contests
There was only one contest this week. The Conservatives held a seat in Middlesbrough.
John Bald: My law of education – the more that is written down, the less is actually done
The paperwork mountain grows for Special Needs – yet children are still sent to schools that leave them suffering.
Ricky Bower: The Lib Dems are providing chaotic leadership on Arun District Council
They are continuing to implement planning policies they have declared themselves opposed to.
Ed McGuinness: To be One Nation Conservatives means winning over Londoners too
Many of those who self-identify as being on the Left also back key Conservative policies.
Judy Terry: Tighter rules are needed on councils setting up unaccountable subsidiaries
With Council Tax continuing to rise, these companies should be required to provide detailed Annual Reports, which identify directors and any payments they receive.
Robert Ward and Alan Burns: Councils that declare a “climate emergency” engage in scaremongering, not practical action
The current media narrative links every wrinkle in the weather with dire predictions of imminent Armageddon. The young especially are being convinced that the end is nigh.
Council by-election results from yesterday and forthcoming contests
The Conservatives lost a seat to Labour in Derbyshire. But the Conservatives gained a seat from Labour in Hertsmere.
John Fareham: The Humberside mindset must go
It was a failed county. An abomination of the 1972 Local Government Act. Yet bureaucrats keep trying to revive it by stealth.
Max Young: Labour’s London Assembly candidates stress their Corbynista credentials
Most don’t even mention knife crime. Instead they boast of endorsements from far left groups.