As long as there is in-store video footage available to the police, surely there is a way of shortening the reporting process in the lead up to a court appearance of a suspected shoplifter.
The PM emerges from this book as more formidable, and more of a match for the Tories, than his detractors realise.
How astonishing it is that so many children are being denied the permanent secure loving home that adoption could provide and instead we spend these huge sums to put them at risk of the most horrendous abuse.
When your council tells you that roadblocks are the best way to improve your local roads, tell them to look at the official data.
Conservatives must earn their position to serve in Croydon, with tightly-fought elections. Labour expects to rule in Lambeth without any serious contest, getting away with ignoring local people and their legitimate concerns.
Glory marches elsewhere alongside great successes, but true honour lies in the thankless fights.
£50 million of funding was announced this week for 13 councils to research “health inequalities”. The practical benefit has not been made clear.
‘Social prescribing’ can really help to resolve the complex web of financial, health and legal issues the most vulnerable face.
Lambeth is the perfect storm of poor housing management, road closures, identity politics and a failed Mayor.
A community veto against changing street names and destroying statues is not unreasonable.
We must continue to devolve power to council taxpayers themselves – building on the legacy of the abolition of the Audit Commission.
In an open society, people and businesses have the freedom to move around; to take advantage of opportunity.
People who aspire to own their own homes move out of London to where property is cheaper.
Michael Gove’s latest steps to strengthen the hand of social tenants are a good first step, but Tory campaigners need to put this issue front and centre.