Matthew Scott: Ignore the outdated, inaccurate criticisms – we Police and Crime Commissioners are making a positive difference

It’s easy to gripe, but the role, done well, can be powerful, transformative and create greater transparency.

Iain Dale: As I prepared for my Question Time debut, I heard that Diane Abbott had pulled out. Was it something I said?

Plus: May in trouble and Rudd in danger over Windrush. Corbyn stumbles. The pound rises. Local elections loom. And: the dignity of Neville Lawrence.

Helen Whately: More medical schools means more doctors, which means better healthcare

As a Kent MP, I’m delighted Canterbury is one of the sites chosen to host new training facilities.

Judy Terry: Who is afraid of the Nimbys?

Only six per cent of land is built on. Yet the planning system is still blocking perfectly reasonable development proposals.

Matthew Scott: Body-worn cameras are proving to be a useful policing tool

We should also be aware of any risks to privacy or individual freedom, but in Kent the technology is working well.

Matthew Scott: The police are plugging a gap in mental healthcare provision – but we can’t do so forever

There will always be an element of policing that involves helping those in distress or crisis. But our officers are no substitute for proper NHS services.

If more Cabinet members had won their seats from Labour, perhaps it would leak just a little bit less

Maybe it was ever thus, at least in modern times, but Tory-held suburban seats outside the South-East are under-represented at the top table.

Paul Carter: Why I am standing to be Conservative Group Leader of the Local Government Association

Heath and Social Care integration is in everyone’s interests and we need to work hard to make it a reality.

Paul Cooper: Councillors should not be given free iPhones

When it comes to fiscal prudency it is important to set a good example.

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.

Technical education. Who’s right – Gove or Baker?

The reality is that most of it will be concentrated on pupils older than 16 – whatever the best age may be at which to select.

Andrew Kennedy: The decline and fall of a Conservative Association

When a self-replicating clique becomes dominant – be it of councillors, evangelicals, po-faced harridans or freemasons – there is trouble ahead.

Charlie Elphicke: We’ve heard it before. We’re hearing it again. But this time the Calais Jungle really must be closed.

And here is my five point plan for making it happen.

Matthew Scott: Making mental health a priority for the police in Kent

We must ensure that those in need of help get the right support from the appropriate service.

Charlie Elphicke: We must counter people-trafficking and terror threats in the English Channel now. Here’s how.

Recall the navy. Send for marines. Learn from France’s willingness to deploy armed guards. Bring in a New Dover Patrol.