Paul Maynard: The pandemic has left many people with serious health and financial problems

‘Social prescribing’ can really help to resolve the complex web of financial, health and legal issues the most vulnerable face.

Tim Briggs: Labour is losing working-class support in London

Lambeth is the perfect storm of poor housing management, road closures, identity politics and a failed Mayor.

Jenrick offers local people greater safeguards against “woke” indulgencies

A community veto against changing street names and destroying statues is not unreasonable.

Kieran Neild-Ali: We need tougher auditing of council spending. But a new quango is not the answer.

We must continue to devolve power to council taxpayers themselves – building on the legacy of the abolition of the Audit Commission.

Tim Briggs: The Left are using Low Traffic Neighbourhoods to bring local businesses to a halt

In an open society, people and businesses have the freedom to move around; to take advantage of opportunity.

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.

Scandal of the council-owned empty garages continues

Our survey identified 15,875 of them. Many of these could be redeveloped to provide new homes.

Tim Briggs: Celebrate Windrush Day – by ending identity politics

Asserting that everyone not white or male is a victim, and that all white people are racist is insidious and self-destructive.

A lesson from Lewisham East?

Brexit poses a values and voting challenge for both the main parties. It may be even bigger for Labour than for the Conservatives.

Charley Jarrett: Why all council wards should be multi-member – and how to end one-party councils

A proportional distribution of seats within multi-member wards would achieve greater fairness and more competition.

Francis Davis: Why Hinds’ faith schools cap decision was right

Voluntary-aided status works both for Catholic schools and everyone else. Furthermore, lifting the cap from new institutions could have had unexpected consequences.

Multi-member council wards should be abolished

Smaller electoral areas with just one councillor each would make for less confusion, more accountability – and fewer one party states.

Exclusive: Labour Party BAME officer shares graphic equating Israel and Nazi Germany

Dorian Bartley, whose day job involves working alongside police to “reduce crime”, also shared conspiracy theories about terrorist attacks in the UK and US.

The local election results in London will provide a mixed picture

Pundits are expecting a drubbing for the Conservatives in the capital. But some boroughs will buck the trend. I predict unpredictability.

Charlie Elphicke: Momentum threatens to take London back to the past

Red Ted Knight and the then Militant Tendency were a disaster for Lambeth. The hard left has returned – new bottles, yet very much the nastiest of old wine.