Shaun Bailey: Windrush Day celebrates the best of British
The passengers on board this ship came with ambition, skills, and a desire to play a part in the UK’s reconstruction after World War Two.
Philip Atkins: Closer collaboration and strategic planning could help deliver the homes we need
Districts decide on the applications, counties provide the infrastructure. Better collaboration is needed. We build communities; not just properties.
Councils have sold off 4,000 surplus assets in the past year. That is not nearly enough.
Far from being a loss to the community they are more often derelict buildings and surplus land which can be used for housing.
John Bald: Higher education should be free to everyone who gets the grades
Grammar school expansion should be focused on extending their sixth forms and opening them up to qualified entrants from other local schools to widen opportunity.
James Palmer: Cambridgeshire is well placed to benefit from the broader international trade that Brexit will offer
Metro Mayors can play a crucial role – but a Government cave-in on leaving the customs union risks missing the potential of the global economy.
Council by-election results from yesterday
Labour held a seat in Doncaster. The Lib Dems won three seats in Southwark in a contest that was deferred from May.
The Church of England has a moral duty to provide new housing
The Church Commissioners owns 100,000 acres – and rather more than that is owned by the dioceses. Yet the number of extra homes being built on that land is derisory.
Norfolk County Council has shown how boarding school can transform the prospects for vulnerable children
Yet the efforts of other local authorities to provide such opportunities have been derisory. Ministers give speeches but the Government has failed to act.
Nashville shows us how to solve the housing crisis
There are strict rules to ensure good design – but much greater certainty for the developer that if they are followed, permission will be granted.
Judy Terry: Boosting volunteer police cadets is helping to fight crime in Suffolk
It also allows teenagers to develop a sense of adventure and independence – making them more employable and better citizens.
Paul Tavares: We don’t need a high profile choice to be Conservative candidate for Mayor of London
We will not win with a celebrity or career politician. That is why I am putting myself forward.
Council by-election results from yesterday
The Conservatives held seats in Mid Devon and East Staffordshire – but lost a seat to the Lib Dems in South Oxfordshire.
Jonathan Glanz: All buildings should be clearly identified – with the street number displayed
With the surge in the delivery economy this rule would boost growth. It would also help the emergency services – and those canvassing during election campaigns.
Andrew Tromans: Calling on Conservative councillors to commemorate the Srebrenica genocide
Shropshire and Bournemouth are among those councils holding memorial events in response to a plea from Lord Bourne.
John Myers: Let residents in each street vote to allow existing houses to be extended upwards or outwards
Half London’s homes are in buildings of just one or two floors. We could allow terraced houses to be split into maisonettes.