Building the Blue Wall: Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland

The last in our series: how the 2017 generation of winners from Labour, increased their majorities.

Building the Blue Wall: Stoke South

The fourth in our series: how the 2017 generation of winners from Labour increased their majorities.

Building the Blue Wall: Mansfield

The third in our series of pieces: how the 2017 generation of winners from Labour increased their majorities.

Building the Blue Wall: North East Derbyshire

The second in our series of pieces on how the 2017 generation of winners from Labour increased their majorities.

Building the Blue Wall: Walsall North

The first in a series of pieces on how the 2017 generation of winners from Labour increased their majorities.

Council by-election result from yesterday and forthcoming contests

In the first contest of the year, Labour held a seat in Bristol.

Stephen Baines: Residents in Calderdale deserve good frontline services, not wasteful vanity projects

Labour councillors claim to care about the environment. But they have failed to tackle air pollution.

Greg Hands: Crime will be the central issue in this year’s election for Mayor of London

147 people were murdered in the capital last year, the highest level since 2008. There were three knife crime murders in Fulham last year, in my constituency.

Ian Courts: In Solihull, we are protecting the environment and increasing economic prosperity

We have already cut our carbon emissions by nearly half in ten years, combined with sustainable and inclusive economic growth.

Matthew Evans: The large public sector in Newport has helped Labour to cling on

Council Tax is being put up by eight per cent. Yet public lavatories are being closed.

Meirion Jenkins: Spending by Birmingham City Council is out of control

The relocation of a National Express bus depot for the Commonwealth Games athlete’s village will cost £15.5m – eight times more than budgeted.

Shaun Bailey: We need tougher sentences to protect the LGBTQ+ community

I have a crime plan which will ensure that criminals on and offline are put under pressure, not victims. I will fight for London’s values of openness and acceptance.

Gary Ridley: Labour’s decade of failure in Coventry

Council debt costs the city £11 million a year in interest payments. Our vision prioritises the creation of jobs, regeneration, and thousands of new homes.

Judy Terry: Real local accountability could reduce wasteful spending in the NHS

There are glossy reports and poorly attended meetings. But obvious failings are ignored.

Birmingham Council owns more than 4,000 empty garages

Many of these buildings could be replaced with new homes. New rules are needed to end this scandal.