Harry Fone: Sheffield City Council employs 24 press officers

Residents want low taxes and regular bin collections, not big PR budgets and regular spin.

Tim Briggs: Why London is mostly a left-wing city

People who aspire to own their own homes move out of London to where property is cheaper.

Michael Lane: Bringing in tasers to Hampshire was the right decision

They enhance policing capacity. I am also proud that we are recruiting 210 more police officers onto the front line.

Chris Philp: Cut Stamp Duty – and unleash a new Home Ownership Revolution

The Government should abolish stamp duty entirely for all purchases of a main home under £500,000.

Andrew Kennedy: Unitary authorities can help save taxpayers’ money

Buck-passing between different authorities results in poor outcomes for residents and kickback from voters.

Neva Sadikoglu-Novaky and Jonathan Werran: Brexit gives the chance to have full fiscal devolution. Let’s take it.

Through tax competition, we could truly have a real Northern Powerhouse and give cities in the north a fairer chance against London and the south east.

Gareth Lyon: How we held the line in Rushmoor

We have built up a rapport with the Nepalese community. The key planks of their culture are profoundly Conservative.

Charles Roberts: In East Cambridgeshire, we have frozen the Council Tax for the sixth year running

We also delivered Community Land Trusts, innovative community-led housing which helps local people who otherwise could not afford to enter the market.

Holly Whitbread: It’s tough going, campaigning in Epping Forest – despite having a good record to defend

I have had doors slammed in my face and been called a traitor. But I keep promoting a positive, localised Conservative message.

Greater safeguards for Council Tax debt collection promised

In St Albans and North Warwickshire a less draconian approach has proved effective. The Government wants others to follow suit.

Wendy Thompson: Here in Wolverhampton, we have a premiership team. Now we need a premiership council.

Conservatives are offering a positive alternative. We can be a strong and effective voice for every Wulfrunian.

WATCH: The Conservative Local Election Broadcast goes big on the B word: bins

“If Labour councils can’t even get the bins emptied, how can they do a good job of running anything else?”

Bradley Thomas: This is how we have frozen the Council Tax in Wychavon

We have recently awarded a new waste contract which will deliver £6 million of savings over ten years versus the previous contract.

Meghan Gallacher: The SNP is breaking its election pledge to limit Council Tax rises to three per cent

There will also be a levy on workplace car parking places. Residents could be taxed hundreds of pounds a year for driving into work.

Ferris Cowper: In East Hampshire we are breaking away from the “jobsworth” approach

We are improving services and cutting Council Tax. We have one of the highest customer satisfaction rates in the nation.