Will Labour be punished in Sheffield for chopping down thousands of healthy trees?

Ultimately it is the responsibility of the people of that city to vote to halt the ecological vandalism taking place on a huge scale.

Low expectations could make the local election results seem like a Conservative triumph

UKIP’s decline will probably allow the three main parties to each claim an increased vote share. Afterwards, the Tories will still be the largest party in local government.

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.

Guy Senior: Keeping Council Tax low and serving our people well is still the key message in Wandsworth

We are seeing 20,000 new homes, 25,000 new jobs, and the first new tube station in the borough for 90 years.

Sam Hearn: The folly at the heart of Labour’s record in Hounslow

Setting up a trading arm has proved a complete failure. 844 new homes were promised but so far not a single brick has been laid. The approach to recycling has also proved hopeless.

After Brexit, EU nationals in the UK should have the right to vote in local elections – so should all other permanent residents

The principle of “no taxation without representation” should apply. Why should a Swede be able to vote but not a Norwegian?

Robert Alden: The Conservative team in Birmingham goes into the local elections united, enthusiastic and hard working

As the streets continue to be covered in rubbish, Labour has run out of ideas and has become beset by factionalism.

Brandon Lewis: As we meet for our Spring Forum, far-left intimidation is on the rise. But we will not be silenced.

Free speech is fundamental to a free country. So we must all make sure that Conservative voices are heard – even where they may not always be welcome.

Susan Hall: Only Conservatives can preserve the interests of business amidst the rise of the Far Left

The Mayor of London’s attacks on Uber and the car hire industry show he is positioning himself for a future Labour leadership contest.

Rahima Khan: Why I’m Running for Mayor of Newham

Conservatives have a proud record of social reform. I want to break down the barriers to people escaping poverty.

Sean Anstee: If you live in Trafford you will pay less than anywhere else in the north west

As Labour councils around us abolish libraries, we’re building new ones. We are working flat out to win the local elections. Our message is: “Keep moving forward.”

Oliver Freeston: Labour councils always blame “the cuts” to dodge focus on their management failings

In North East Lincolnshire we see lots of complicated and unnecessary strategies being adopted – while there is a failure to get the basics right.

Peter Golds: Tower Hamlets Council is still failing the residents of the borough

£750,000 is allocated for “mother tongue teaching”. Yet there is almost no budget for English as a spoken language for non-English-speaking parents.

The Government should push ahead with voter ID trials

Claims that there is no case for them beyond the interests of the Conservative Party ring hollow in the face of the Electoral Commission’s support.

Lord Ashcroft: Capital Punishment? The Conservatives and the 2018 London elections

Key voters include those who voted heavily to remain in the EU, and were decisive in the lost Tory seats of Battersea, Kensington, Kingston and Twickenham.