Council by-election results from yesterday
No seats changed hands this week. The Conservatives held seats in Suffolk Coastal, Winchester and Wyre Forest.
Judy Terry: Debt collection is getting out of control
Many householders are sent threatening letters for money owed by previous occupants. Local authorities are among the culprits.
Andrew Snowden: What I have learnt from my first year as a councillor
Don’t try to please everyone. Focus on results not endless meetings. It doesn’t matter what it says in the minutes – nobody reads them.
Justine Greening: Why I’m backing Joy Morrissey to be the next Mayor of London
Through the Centre for Social Justice, she has put her time into actively working on the difficult issues we also face such as homelessness.
Penny Mordaunt: London has some serious problems. It needs a serious candidate – namely, Andrew Boff.
I’m backing him to be the next Mayor of London. He will work tirelessly to deliver and he will lead.
Greg Hands: Bailey is the right person to win in 2020 – and turn London blue again
He has the ideas to take the Capital forward. One great example is his plan to put one thousand extra police officers on the streets by cutting waste in City Hall.
Council by-election results from yesterday
The Conservatives held seats in Charnwood, Maidstone and the New Forest, but lost a seat to an independent in Pembrokeshire.
Jessica Studdert: Our national politics is broken. Renewal after Brexit needs to be built from the ground up.
“Taking back control” must also allow pioneering solutions to be tried out in local communities. Democracy is a process, not an event.
Oliver Hemsley: The Conservatives are doing what is right for Rutland
I am a pragmatic common sense person. As the council leader I do twice the amount of listening as talking. We work hard to protect the way of life in our county.
Shaun Bailey: Khan has failed on crime, I will show the leadership London deserves
I would put an extra thousand police officers back on the streets by cutting City Hall waste – and I would use new technology to make policing more efficient.
Andrew Boff: The rise of violent crime in London is an emergency – here is my plan to tackle it
Glasgow has shown the alternative. We can build communities to show the young a better way than joining gangs.
Joy Morrissey: What I would do as Mayor of London
My campaign is a positive and upbeat campaign. It reaches out to non-traditional Conservative supporters whilst staying true to our Conservative principles.
Council by-election results from yesterday
The Conservatives gained a seat from Labour in Fife. But Labour held seats in Carlisle and Tameside.
Tim Warren: In Bath and North East Somerset, the Conservatives are delivering for the young and the old
Our achievements include providing more school places and greater choice and independence for the elderly.
Philip Read: How we have turned round Children’s Services in Bexley
Ofsted has judged us “outstanding.” Six years ago it found us “inadequate”. One big achievement is that we are now relying much less on agency staff.