Judy Terry: Councils need to defend designated parking spaces for the disabled
It’s welcome the Blue Badge scheme is being extended, but we need penalties for those who abuse the system.
Cllr James Binns: Let’s have local decisions over local spending priorities
EU funding for community projects is often ineffective and inefficient.
John Bald: The Conservative Education Society is being revived
It will act as a source of advice for ministers, for which recent events have shown the need.
Council by-election results from yesterday
UKIP gain a seat from Labour in Essex.
Gareth Bacon: Mayor Khan has already abandoned his pledge to freeze fares
The promise that 50 per cent of news homes would be affordable has also been ditched.
Matthew Sephton: Brussels meddles in local government and pushes up council tax
The EU penalises councils that provide a good service in collecting household rubbish.
Cllr Anthony Boutall: How our EU membership means broken pavements in Bedford
More spending for the EU has meant sharper austerity for local government.
Roy Perry: The Single Market is a great Conservative success story
If we turn our back on Europe and ignore our neighbours then problems emerge.
Daniel Moylan: How EU procurement rules drive up costs in local government
The bureaucracy squeezes out small firms from bidding and so restricts competition.
Council by-election results from yesterday
The Conservatives lost a seat to the Lib Dems in Dorset, a seat to an independent in Denbighshire and one to the Green Party in Mid Suffolk.
Labour gains power in Walsall and Worcester
But the Conservatives are now leading Plymouth.
Let’s have boulevards in London
There is a need to balance the interests of motorists with providing more attractive locations for home ownership.
Judy Terry: If the Blue on Blue wrangling continues it will hurt Conservative chances in the county council elections
Whatever our views on the EU referendum we should avoid the Conservatives being knocked into oblivion for a generation.
Neil Clarke: District councils working together as clusters can provide a better way than more unitaries
Innovation shows we can operate efficiently and remain close to the community.
Council by-election results from yesterday
Labour gained a seat from UKIP in East Staffordshire.