John Moss: A chance to boost Right to Buy sales
A simpler deal should be offered to councils and more of the proceeds spent on replacement properties.
Keith Prince: How to end transport strikes while respecting workers’ rights
Binding pendulum arbitration has dramatically reduced the number of strikes in New York,
Council by-election results from yesterday
The Conservatives gained seats from Labour in Broxbourne and from UKIP in Derby – but lost one to the Lib Dems in West Oxfordshire.
Joe Cooney: The BNP holds the balance of power on Pendle Council
Labour and the Lib Dems are being propped up by a party of hate.
James Mustoe: Cornwall is already a capital of culture – across the world
The Lib Dems spending £536,000 of public money for Truro to be the EU City of Culture – for 2023 – is misguided.
Hodge emails Tories nationally to deny Surrey “gentleman’s agreement”
The mishap-prone County Council leader has suffered another embarrassing leak.
Sally-Ann Hart: Business Rates punishes shopkeepers who improve their premises
Brexit means we could have a sales tax instead.
Greg Taylor: King in the North – how Andy Burnham Could Put the Kybosh on the Tory Northern Revival.
His meat and potatoes family-values message plays well.
Joel Davidson: Councils can prioritise adult social care funding without Council Tax hikes
Our fully costed alternative budget for Brent offered an extra £2.8 million for adult social care – more than provided by the precept.
Council by-election results from yesterday
The Conservatives gained a seat from Labour in Salford.
Nick Paget-Brown: The Prevent programme is about protecting the vulnerable
It is important to help families worried that a teenager is being indoctrinated by terrorists.
Judy Terry: Lessons from Suffolk on improving provision for pupils with Special Educational Needs
A Head Teacher had to buying independent behaviour support, education psychology and speech and language therapists, because local authority provision was so poor.
Leon Spence: Why I have left Labour and joined the Conservatives
May represents the real One Nation politics.
John Bald: Groupthink by publishers results in dire school textbooks
They should employ writers who understand their subject well enough to explain it clearly to pupils.
Nicholas Boys Smith: Building with popular consent is the way to reduce planning risk
Increasing housing supply is not just about the Green Belt but better aligning what we build with the places people most desire.