Harry Fone: Sheffield City Council employs 24 press officers

Residents want low taxes and regular bin collections, not big PR budgets and regular spin.

Rupert Barnes: Let’s do more to celebrate our historic counties

Remember where we are; remember what has come down to us. Our unique heritage is there to be opened up.

County and unitary election results: Live Blog – Oxfordshire still no overall control

Net gains for the Conservatives in England 319 seats, net Labour losses 142, net UKIP loses 137, net Lib Dem losses 28.

Next week’s council elections: The Conservative / UKIP battlegrounds

Last time UKIP denied the Conservatives outright victories in Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, East Sussex. Lincolnshire, Oxfordshire and Warwickshire.

Philip Seccombe: My first 100 days as Police and Crime Commissioner for Warwickshire

I’ve dealt with everything from cyclists in pedestrian areas to a multi-million pound contract to improve IT systems.

Philip Seccombes: Why I’m standing to be the Police and Crime Commissioner for Warwickshire

We must be tough on crime to protect the vulnerable.

Greg Clark MP: The unflagging commitment of Michael Heseltine to the public good – in this, his ninth decade

Michael criss-crossed the country with me – something a former Deputy Prime Minister might have preferred to skip.

Greg Clark MP: The Chancellor, Warwickshire’s Izzi Seccombe, Coventry’s Ann Lucas – and the benefits of working together

The Chancellor praised senior Labour councillors on Monday. Conservative Warwickshire and Labour Coventry are also showing the benefits of working together.