Tom McLaren: Labour’s Ilford South selection dispute shows the danger of a “strong leader” model for councils

I have seen the lack of accountability in Redbridge. The system needs to change.

Holly Whitbread: We must not let disenchantment with national politics open the doors to extremists

We usually seen them off in Epping Forest. But it is important to deliver on Brexit to avoid grievances being exploited.

How Barnet was won

It wasn’t just about antisemitism. The Conservatives pledged to maintain weekly bin collections. Labour did not.

Paul Canal: The Conservatives are fighting hard to win back Redbridge

Labour promised thousands of new social homes when they took over in 2014. They have only built six a year.

London’s local elections. Beware of spin.

The capital isn’t a single political entity. Rather, it is still in some ways a Napoleon-of-Notting-Hill-style mass of small towns.

Councils are losing the battle against the sale of illicit cigarettes

Criminal gangs are supplying counterfeit tobacco on a huge scale with a resulting impact on smokers’ health.

Matthew Barrett: Fifty years on, it’s time to tear up Greater London.

It is a relic of an out-of-date fashion for the big and artificial rather than the small, local and rooted.

Cllr Paul Canal: Boundary reviews should be based on Individual Electoral Registration numbers

Real voters must be the baseline from which projections will be made.

Stephen Greenhalgh: How to win in local government

What we did in Hammersmith and Fulham.