Philip Wilkinson: My unexpected journey to becoming the Police and Crime Commissioner for Wiltshire and Swindon

Retirement had finally caught up with me, or so I thought. But after two months intensive campaigning I have an important new job.

Stonewall controversy: More views from Conservative Police and Crime Commissioners

The PCCs for Suffolk, Dorset, Avon and Somerset, Hertfordshire and Wiltshire strongly back the stance taken by their colleague in Surrey. Other were less emphatic.

Conservative PCCs back Townsend’s attack on Stonewall

Speaking out on this controversial subject is brave. But the Surrey Police Commissioner is not alone in doing so.

Donna Jones: Red tape is thwarting the efforts of the police to fight crime

Well-intentioned requirements are causing time to be wasted on form fillings and meeting pointless targets.

Leading Conservative councils are withdrawing their support for Stonewall

Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, and Wiltshire have cut off funding. Some Labour councils have also pulled out.

Rupert Matthews: Early days as the Police and Crime Commissioner for Leicestershire

“That report into the project set up by my predecessor is back… Well, that project is getting axed for a start.”

Daniel Hannan: A Levelling Up Fund will not, on its own, turn Sunderland into Singapore. Localism will take us closer, though.

We left the EU precisely to take back control. Having repatriated power, we mustn’t leave it in the hands of Whitehall functionaries.

Harry Fone: Slough Council slammed for sloppy accounting

Plus: Local authorities have deficits of over half a billion pounds. Police and Crime Commissioners should not be forced to employ deputies.

Hits and misses. Which targets in the local elections were achieved?

Police and Crime Commissioner elections saw Conservative gains – well beyond reasonable expectations.

The Police and Crime Commissioner results. Conservatives dominate. But why are so many past PCCs stepping down?

Voter turnout seems to have gone up in many areas. But is that also to do with the number of other elections going on?

Iain Dale: Perhaps one day I’ll get involved in an election again. In the meantime, here are my predictions for Super Thursday…

Plus: Starmer needs to bring Cooper and Benn into his top team. But will they even want the jobs?

Robert Buckland: More prison places, a domestic abuse bill, tougher sentences. How we’re acting on the people’s priorities.

We controlled Covid in our prisons, kept the courts running throughout lockdown, and were the first in the western world to resume jury trials.

Amanda Milling: Let’s keep our campaigning going during these last few days

It’s your efforts on the doorstep and phone that will help us to deliver more local Conservatives with a proven track record of delivering good local services.

“Genuinely haven’t seen complaints”…”Not a single e-mail”…”Nobody is raising it”. Tory MPs on sleaze claims and the local elections.

Just one question: is the Party failing collectively over expectations management? Hopes over Hartlepool risk running out of control.

Selina Seesunkur: Dog theft needs to be taken seriously

It should be made a specific criminal offence. Our pets are not the same as a replaceable object.