“That report into the project set up by my predecessor is back… Well, that project is getting axed for a start.”
We left the EU precisely to take back control. Having repatriated power, we mustn’t leave it in the hands of Whitehall functionaries.
Plus: Local authorities have deficits of over half a billion pounds. Police and Crime Commissioners should not be forced to employ deputies.
Police and Crime Commissioner elections saw Conservative gains – well beyond reasonable expectations.
Voter turnout seems to have gone up in many areas. But is that also to do with the number of other elections going on?
Plus: Starmer needs to bring Cooper and Benn into his top team. But will they even want the jobs?
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.
Just one question: is the Party failing collectively over expectations management? Hopes over Hartlepool risk running out of control.
It should be made a specific criminal offence. Our pets are not the same as a replaceable object.
The first in a series of pieces on ConHome this week’s looking forward to the elections this spring.
Re-offending rates are far too high. Electronic monitoring is being expanded – including sobriety tags to check alcohol consumption.
That there may be as many as three investigations into Saturday’s events on Clapham Common tells us much we need to know.
Operational independence is nothing to do with electing an independent candidate as a PCC.
In the Thames Valley, we are reaching those individuals who find themselves in hospital but would normally shun the police.
We controlled Covid in our prisons, kept the courts running throughout lockdown, and were the first in the western world to resume jury trials.