In Central Bedfordshire, Council Tax is being frozen. One reason is early intervention for elderly residents, delaying the point where they need to move into residential care.
Conservatives hope to make some progress in the City – by concentrating on the bread-and-butter issues that really matter to voters.
This old-style socialist turns out to be much more of a small-c conservative than his many critics are willing to admit.
Most Tory MPs will be seeing large increases in the housing targets for their seats, while many Labour MPs see their local targets reduced.