Richard Tice: Let’s all do our bit to end the scourge of knife crime

It’s not just about police numbers – the key is to focus relentlessly on results and efficiency, freeing officers to get out on patrol.

The Conservatives must press on with giving housing association tenants the right to buy

A right to shared ownership would also be welcome. Boldness is needed to prevent a Corbyn Government.

What a pro-consumer Conservative housing strategy might look like

The Government has to balance the need to get lots more houses built with its duty to protect buyers from unscrupulous builders.

Ross Archer: Why I am standing to be Mayor of Lewisham

Under Labour the local football club has been treated appallingly and crime has been allowed to rise. The Conservatives offer a bold and positive alternative.

Tim Pollard: In Croydon, Labour is going through a tortuous process to block the right to buy for future council tenants

They are also failing to bring local communities with them. Development must be attractive to win support for the new homes we need.

Bob Blackman: Today, at last, my Homelessness Reduction Act comes into force

It is not a fix-all, but I hope its measures will produce a real improvement in the number of people who become homeless in the first place.

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.

Sue Chalkley: We are proving that good quality design is the key to boosting support for new homes

Rural communities will welcome development – if it fits the local vernacular and genuinely meets community needs.

If we can have attractive new housing in rural areas, then why not in towns and cities too?

Local decision-making must be respected if communities are to be confident in embracing development. We need these principles in urban areas too.

The long slow decline of the high rise

New figures show another fall in the number of tower block households. But while these buildings are being demolished elsewhere, the Mayor of London want new ones.

“Ideological dogma will do nothing to improve the lives of residents”: Full text of Kober’s statement

The Leader of Haringey Council explains why she has decided to stand down at the local elections in May.

Charles Roberts: Breaking the displacement cycle

When people cannot afford to live in the place where they work they spend more and more of their own time and money commuting on congested trains and roads. We need to broaden the Community Land Trust model to include market housing.

Guy Senior: Labour councillors in Wandsworth vote against new libraries, new houses and a health centre

Over 60 per cent of the homes being built will be “affordable” under Khan’s definition. This is well above the usual target of 35 per cent – yet they still oppose.

Ravi Govindia: How we will deliver new homes for Wandsworth

Councils need to use their own land to boost development – without the Mayor of London being able to get in the way.

Alan Ward: Private landlords and their tenants need reforms to Universal Credit

With sensible changes to things like direct payments and access to information, the new system can work better for everybody.