Philip Jackson: The Lib Dems are blocking the change North East Lincolnshire needs

Voters are fed up with decay and decline. Labour will not be able to cling on much longer.

It’s in the district council elections that the Conservatives are strongest – and so have the most to lose

The final part of our series this week on May’s elections. Will there be a LibDem revival – which polls have yet to indicate?

More children are learning to read under the Conservatives

The improvement has been dramatic – and is a vindication for the emphasis placed on phonics by Nick Gibb, the Schools Minister.

Watch out for the return of pavement politics

The mundane local concerns of people going about their daily lives cannot be ignored. That doesn’t mean getting down into the gutter with the Lib Dems.

Gimson’s election diary: In Halifax, Corbyn looks like a fatal handicap for Labour

Opinion polls which show Labour in contention cannot be reconciled with the public’s contempt for the party’s leader.

Sarah Ingham: The local elections show the voters have other priorities beside Brexit

The poor showing for UKIP and the Lib Dems proves those on both sides of the debate wish to move on.

County and unitary election results: Live Blog – Oxfordshire still no overall control

Net gains for the Conservatives in England 319 seats, net Labour losses 142, net UKIP loses 137, net Lib Dem losses 28.

Council elections: Cornwall, Devon, Somerset. The Conservative / Lib Dem battlegrounds

The Lib Dems will gain seats, but gaining councils is another matter.

John Hart: Devon Conservatives are not complacent – as the Lib Dems fight dirty

Let us make the county an even better and more prosperous place to live and work

Ian Hudspeth: In Oxfordshire we have worked hard to balance the books

The Lib Dems will hope to pick up anti Brexit votes – but we are optimistic a campaign on local issues with deliver victory.

UKIP is fading because Brexit no longer needs a special party

Contrast with the fate of the Lib Dems: on the right our party system has done its job, but on the left it’s struggling.

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.

Mo Metcalf-Fisher: The Lib Dems have become the pro-EU UKIP

Farron plans to appeal to as many aggrieved, embittered Remain voters that he can find.

An elected upper house is an abysmal idea

Burning down a dirty house is more newsworthy than cleaning it, but not wiser.

May should cut the Lords down to size

The Upper House is a valuable part of our constitution. The Prime Minister must clarify its role, rationalise appointments – and cull its membership.