Mike Hurleston: Only the Conservatives care about Stockport’s gridlocked roads

Labour and Lib Dem councillors offer a seemingly endless stream of virtue signalling motions. We want practical results.

Samuel Williams: Bristolians are being poorly served by their current Mayor – the most deprived are hit the hardest

I commit to ensuring that education standards improve, and to back a freeport and eco-innovation enterprise zones.

The Treasury fights back. How it plans to drive radical reform – and become “the Government’s internal think tank”

Would the Government have the bottle for planning, childcare and police overhauls – and will Downing Street sign up to this plan anyway?

David Gauke: The drama of Brexit is not done yet

A WTO exit at the end of 2020 is not the probable outcome – but the risk does look under-priced.

John Fareham: Conservatives in Hull can build on our general election progress

We will fight on a positive city-wide agenda: respecting and empowering the individual, strengthening all communities, investing evenly across the City.

Wendy Thompson: A Labour-run council has meant that Wolverhampton has fallen behind

Our City has great potential. But unemployment is at twice the national average, and the need to build more homes is immediate and pressing.

Nathan Evans: We are fighting to win in Trafford again

Labour has increased the Council Tax, doubled the number of senior officials, and seen Children’s Services go from “outstanding“ to being placed in special measures.

Jason Reed: Six ways of helping to open up the Conservatives to young people

The 2024 general election will come around much faster than we think. Having a youth wing that feels valued and is sufficiently energised might just swing the balance.

Bailey has three months to persuade Londoners he can cut crime

Showing that the current Mayor is failing is not enough. A strong alternative must be put forward.

Building the Blue Wall: Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland

The last in our series: how the 2017 generation of winners from Labour, increased their majorities.

Building the Blue Wall: Stoke South

The fourth in our series: how the 2017 generation of winners from Labour increased their majorities.

Alan Mak: We had a technological revolution in the 1980s, delivered by a strong leader. We have the same chance now.

This is the second in a three-part series on using technology to boost our economy after Brexit.

Building the Blue Wall: Mansfield

The third in our series of pieces: how the 2017 generation of winners from Labour increased their majorities.

Boris’ Boys and Girls: The Conservative Commons Intake of 2019

More women. Fewer minorities. Lots of councillors and former candidates. And fewer married people. Our complete guide to the new intake of Tory MPs.

Building the Blue Wall: Walsall North

The first in a series of pieces on how the 2017 generation of winners from Labour increased their majorities.