ConservativeHome will be in CCHQ on elections night
Last year’s ConservativeHome elections coverage won lots of acclaim. This is what The Spectator’s Fraser Nelson wrote at the time:… Read more »
Our placards are bigger than yours
Tory students, campaigning for local elections in Swansea, outdo a Labour student in the placard stakes. Click on the graphic… Read more »
Another day, another LibDem defection or two
The (first gay) Mayor of Richmond upon Thames, LibDem Cllr Marc Cranfield Adams, announced to the full Council last night… Read more »
Sedgemoor LibDem leader joins the Conservatives
Danny Titcombe, the Leader of the Liberal Democrats on Sedgemoor District Council has joind the Conservative Party. Cllr Titcombe has… Read more »
Cameron launches local election campaign: Vote Blue Go Green… and Save Money
David Cameron was in Dewsbury this morning to launch the local election campaign. His key messages are: Vote Blue: Local… Read more »
No Conservative should ever use the expression “post-code lottery”
That’s a conclusion from an article by Christina Dykes for the Local Government Chronicle (PDF of full piece): "The expression… Read more »
Conservatives field more candidates than Labour and Lib Dems in local elections
The party will be fielding candidates in 95 percent of seats across England in the forthcoming local elections – more… Read more »
Mike Schofield: The Council Tax precept scam
Mike Schofield of the Is It Fair? campaign examines council tax hikes and their causes. Have you ever looked closely… Read more »
Council tax responsible for “soaring living costs”
"The ‘remorseless increase’ in council tax has caused soaring living costs, the Tories claimed today in a fresh attack on… Read more »
Party progressing in the North: Full slate of candidates in Yorkshire for first time ever
Whatever the Mirror says, the Conservative Party is clearly making ground in the North. We understand that for this year’s… Read more »
Nick Cuff: Local policing without local accountability
Nick Cuff is a Councillor for West Hill Ward in the London Borough of Wandsworth. The four aims of the… Read more »
Shadow cabinet pledge 340 campaigning days to May 1st’s elections
ConservativeHome has learnt that the shadow cabinet (some of them pictured on the right) has pledged the equivalent of 340… Read more »
Defector savages LibDems as lacking “common belief, idea or value system”
Cllr Andy Sloan writes for today’s Yorkshire Post, explaining why he has left the Liberal Democrats for the Tories: "Once,… Read more »
Eric Pickles accuses Labour of favouring urban north in local government funding
This from the Daily Mail: "Labour has been accused of giving extra subsidies and grants to northern towns and cities,… Read more »
Flagship Tory councils under fire for working with fringe Muslim groups
That’s the conclusion of an article authored by Dean Godson in this morning’s Times in which he warns that both… Read more »