Councils in London own 22,000 empty garages
They could be replaced with at least 16,000 new homes.
The TaxPayers’ Alliance intends to fight the Surrey Council Tax referendum
The campaign group hopes to lead the official No campaign.
Council by-election result from yesterday
The Conservatives held a seat in Bromsgrove.
Judy Terry: Council Tax hikes hit the working poor hardest
It is too easy for those making the decisions to overlook the fact that their victims are usually paid a fraction of what they, themselves, earn.
Wayne Fitzgerald: How Peterborough has coped with adult social care pressures
But the need for long term reform of the system will not go away.
Salvatore Murtas: Khan is a hostage of the unions
With London at a standstill, the unions just showed who really runs the show.
Sally-Ann Hart: It’s not just commuters being hit by the train strike
Tourism in Sussex is being hit – an industry many poorer residents rely on.
Keith Prince: Mayor Khan’s failings are thwarting prospects for rail devolution
He needs to stand up to the militant transport unions.
Council by-election results from yesterday
The Conservatives lost a seat to the Lib Dems in Three Rivers.
Louise McKinlay: New garden villages protect existing villages from over expansion
The Dunton Hills development will help provide Brentwood with the homes we need.
Richard Chesterton: Culm Garden Village will be good for the whole of Mid Devon
An attractive, distinct, new place to live will also bring wider infrastructure improvements.
James Mills: New villages may not have the “chocolate box factor”
But they will have better broadband and parking.
Sean Woodward: Thriving new villages must be about more than new housing
Schools, jobs, transport links. Welborne Garden Village will be a new community.
Neil Blake: Aylesbury will see new homes we can be proud of
Good design, welcomed by the local community, must be a key feature of the new Garden Town.
Local results suggest Copeland by-election will be a challenge for the Conservatives
Labour have more councillors and that network gives them an advantage.