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Matthew Barber: The police must tackle non-violent crime too

If the bicycle that is stolen is someone’s only means of getting to work, then there is significant harm.

By Matthew Barber | 27 August 2020 at 6:10 am | 44 comments

Ian Lewis: Housing associations lack transparency. They should face more competition.

Why shouldn’t councils build the homes needed? We can re-enter the market, using low costs of capital to borrow, and cut out the middleman.

By Ian Lewis | 26 August 2020 at 6:10 am | 25 comments

Greig Baker: Council borrowing was meant to fund public works improvements – not speculative investments

As things go belly up, profligate local authorities will look to taxpayers across the country to bail them out. More accountability is needed.

By Greig Baker | 25 August 2020 at 6:10 am | 41 comments

Judy Terry: Councillors should do more to recruit school governors

Finance, legal, and property expertise are often in short supply on governance boards, yet that knowledge is key to professional school management.

By Judy Terry | 24 August 2020 at 6:10 am | 11 comments

James Palmer: Why I’m backing electric bikes as a safe and healthy way to travel in my region

Emissions from cars are 50 per cent above the national average in Cambridgeshire. We need to boost alternatives to ease congestion.

By James Palmer | 21 August 2020 at 6:10 am | 40 comments

Meghan Gallacher: The Scottish Government must deliver a recovery plan for councils

The SNP has been flippant and left local authorities in a precarious position. We need proper funding to make localised decisions.

By Meghan Gallacher | 20 August 2020 at 6:10 am | 9 comments

Adrian Mason: Welsh disillusionment with devolution gives the Conservatives an opportunity

We need to offer an optimistic free enterprise alternative to Labour’s profligate spending and inferior public services.

By Adrian Mason | 19 August 2020 at 6:10 am | 16 comments

Meirion Jenkins: The lack of democratic accountability in Birmingham is worse than ever

Labour wants a new tax that would add extra cars and pollution to some of the areas where air quality is already the worst in the City.

By Meirion Jenkins | 18 August 2020 at 6:10 am | 6 comments

Shona Haslam: Advice from Scotland on getting schools reopened

Children are resilient. Often it is the parents who are more anxious. So get information out to them as quickly and simply as possible.

By Shona Haslam | 17 August 2020 at 6:10 am | 9 comments

John Bald: The lack of merit in A-level grading shows a misplaced belief in the power of statistical modelling

We can expect hard cases to make headlines, and universities to do what they can, to mitigate the most obvious injustices.

By John Bald | 14 August 2020 at 6:10 am | 43 comments

Hugo Owen: Create beautiful hospitals

New NHS hospitals do not need to be ugly. It is for the good of patients, hospital staff, and civil society, that they should be attractive buildings.

By Hugo Owen | 13 August 2020 at 6:10 am | 12 comments

Felicity Buchan: We need new homes that are safe

If there is to be any positive legacy from the Grenfell fire, it must be that our building and fire safety regime is state of the art.

By Felicity Buchan | 12 August 2020 at 6:10 am | 27 comments

Chris McGovern: The teaching unions must stop playing truant with the truth

There has even been opposition to providing on-line lessons. The closure of schools is further fracturing our already divided society.

By Chris McGovern | 11 August 2020 at 6:10 am | 29 comments

John Moss: Khan has failed to deliver on housing. The Government should switch to funding the London boroughs instead.

Cut out the middleman. Go straight to the people who want to build – and help people who want to buy their home.

By John Moss | 10 August 2020 at 6:10 am | 36 comments

Nicholas Boys Smith: Quantity and quality – why the Planning White Paper is getting the big questions right

It accepts that the beauty and liveability of the new settlements we create matters. Far too few new places achieve this.

By Nicholas Boys Smith | 7 August 2020 at 6:10 am | 25 comments

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