Why have we seen Conservative progress in Birmingham but not Manchester?
Perhaps there are lessons from Andy Street’s victory in the West Midlands.
John Moss: A radical Conservative Manifesto must include a pledge to tackle the planning system
The first time most people know a development is happening is when the piling rig arrives.
Steve Turner: Why I have joined the Conservatives
I concluded that UKIP could not offer the articulate vision of the future that the residents I represent want.
Cliff Jordan: Why Norfolk needs a Tory majority
The infrastructure needs to come first – then the housing.
Paul Mercer: Here in Loughborough, we’re finding a mass of former Labour supporters backing the Tories
The occupier of a council house declared that he had not voted for Nicky Morgan at the last election before explaining that this was only because he had been in prison.
Stewart Hay: Why I am standing to be the Mayor of North Tyneside
When elected I will donate half of my salary for the first year as Mayor to the Tynemouth Lido Pool Project. This will be part of an ambitious regeneration plan.
Binita Mehta-Parmar and Cllr Gillian Keegan: Where are the women in local government?
Only 30 per cent of Conservative councillors are women and only 15 per cent of Conservative council leaders. A change in attitude is needed.
Next week’s council elections: The Conservative / UKIP battlegrounds
Last time UKIP denied the Conservatives outright victories in Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, East Sussex. Lincolnshire, Oxfordshire and Warwickshire.
Council elections: Cornwall, Devon, Somerset. The Conservative / Lib Dem battlegrounds
The Lib Dems will gain seats, but gaining councils is another matter.
Next week’s council elections: The Conservative / Labour battlegrounds – Lancashire, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire
Will Andy Street adorn the front pages with a broad grin on his face, the newly-elected Conservative West Midlands Mayor?
Judy Terry: Councils should not be playing the property market
There needs to be transparency over the borrowing that is being undertaken.
Council by-election results from yesterday
The Conservatives gained a seat from Labour in Harrow.
Green Party run record number of candidates in local elections
Yet more bad news for Jeremy Corbyn.
Siobhan Baillie: Councils can help to tackle inter-parental conflict
A focus on children in isolation misses the need for stable families.
The overlap of the local and General Election campaigns will hurt Labour in both
It will be harder to deflect the Corbyn factor from Council elections – and defeat will further sap Labour morale.