Harry Fone: £255 million a year is spent on councillor allowances. That is where the economy drive should begin.

Plus: White elephants in Brighton – and Nottingham’s inept venture into the energy market.

Samer Bagaeen: Why isn’t integrated healthcare the norm?

If health and social care services can be brought together in Wigan, why not in Brighton and Hove?

Steve Bell: Conservatives in Brighton and Hove are protecting the bats and the bees

The former show definitively why it is so important that Benfield Valley continues to exist as a green wedge in the city.

Steve Bell: Corbynism achieved power in Brighton and Hove. It failed spectacularly.

Pledges on housing and the environment were abandoned. The Labour Group became embroiled in bullying and anti-semitism.

Steve Bell: In Brighton and Hove, we have been busting Labour’s myths about school reopenings

The Council’s action is increasing inequality without justfication. The independent schools are back at work.

The local elections revisited: An analysis of results in the South East

It is easy to conclude that the Conservatives were the biggest losers. The question of who won is more complicated.

Tony Janio: In Brighton and Hove, Labour moderates face the threat of a Momentum takeover

I am receiving increasingly frequent pleas from Labour councillors “demanding” that I assist them in driving through their policies before the Far Left takes over next May.

Tony Janio: The Momentum takeover in Brighton and Hove

Following allegations of intimidation several Labour councillors have indicated they are standing down.

Geoffrey Theobald: South coast commuters are crying out for a second main line to London

This transport scheme is an opportunity for growth and prosperity across London and the South East.

Cllr Nick Taylor: Brighton and Hove Council criticised by its own auditors

A refusal to commission services has resulted in poor value for money.

Lord Ashcroft: Only one seat changes hands in my latest Con/Lab marginals polling. Labour pulls ahead in Harrow East

It’s very tight indeed in these constituencies, but Ed Miliband’s party has the edge in these local campaigns on the basis of this evidence.

Cllr Geoffrey Theobald: Labour and the Green Party join together to push up Council Tax

Labour councillors have rejected a Council Tax freeze in Brighton and Hove.