Cllr John Moss: The lessons from Waltham Forest
All those who voted UKIP achieved was the election of two Labour Councillors.
Council by-election result from yesterday
Labour gain a seat from the Scottish Nationalists in South Lanarkshire
Labour councils boycott welfare to work schemes
What are these councils seeking to achieve by their obstructionism?
Cllr Chris Whitehouse: Challenging policy-based evidence making to deliver Gove’s policies
Hampshire County Council should allow popular schools to grow.
How is your council doing? Uses and abuses of performance data
Councils are required to provide a lot of data – some of it is of value.
Cllr Sean Anstee: Our Trafford result proves that Conservatives can win in the north
The choice was between an unproven spendthrift Labour Party or a Conservative Council able to stand by its record of achievement.
Miles Windsor: The lessons from Merton
Let us consider how to make local elections local
Copeland to have a directly elected mayor
The referendum was really a protest against paying extra for poorer services
Conservatives should champion lower councillor allowances
Surrey County Council has taken a massive leap in the wrong direction.
Crime on the Campaign Trail
Crime in the capital is falling like a stone
Democracy is not functioning in Tower Hamlets
The police were passive when they should be enforcing electoral law
Live blog: Local election results 2014
Follow all the highlights and lowlights as the results come in.
The Conservatives will be back in Hammersmith and Fulham
Labour claimed the Council Tax cuts did not go far enough
It’s all about turnout
If Labour achieve only modest gains today they will blame a low turnout.
Merton Conservatives pledge 10 per cent Council Tax cut over four years
Labour has made little secret of their hope that UKIP will do their work for them