Is the Blue Wall around London in danger of cracking?

Local factors? The usual backlash against the party in power? Or a long-term trend away from the Conservatives in some of their heartlands?

Sally-Ann Hart: My shock at discovering slavery in Sussex

As elected representatives, we must help the police and the public fight this hidden evil.

East Sussex and Northamptonshire – very different cases

It is true that financial pressures will increase. But the scope for reform and innovation remains huge. Services do not need to be cut.

Sally-Ann Hart: Local authorities have a role in defeating fuel poverty

There is a huge cost to the NHS and social care services when landlords fail to provide energy efficient homes.

Andrew Kennedy: County or city-wide Association groupings with experienced agents in charge. My plan to salvage the voluntary party.

The Party has collectively failed to modernise its campaigning, with the result that we saw on June 8. This needs radical reform if it is not to collapse completely.

Next week’s council elections: The Conservative / UKIP battlegrounds

Last time UKIP denied the Conservatives outright victories in Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, East Sussex. Lincolnshire, Oxfordshire and Warwickshire.

The coming local elections. Watch for a satisfied May, a beleaguered Corbyn…and a smug Farron

They take place three months from tomorrow – as will Birmingham’s mayoral election and that Surrey council tax referendum.

Sally-Ann Hart: It’s not just commuters being hit by the train strike

Tourism in Sussex is being hit – an industry many poorer residents rely on.

Sally-Ann Hart: Councils have a duty to fight drug addiction

Support and enforcement must run hand in hand to make our communities safer.

Sally-Ann Hart: Undermining stay-at-home parents hits the elderly as well as children

Adult social care budgets are under growing strain as the state takes over the caring for grandparents.

The EU’s cronyism in local government

Councillors benefit from free trips and special European allowances.