According to one outgoing councillor, “the Gaza issue” is losing Labour seats with Muslim voters.
For the strongly Conservative territory of Bexley and Bromley it is up. For Barking and Dagenham, Newham and Tower Hamlets it is down.
Of the rest, one fifth think he should resign regardless; only 13 per cent of our panel think the local authority and mayoral elections should be the deciding factor.
Forbes should not only not be ashamed of her faith, but proud of it, even on purely secular terms. Christianity is the single most important idea to ever reach Britain’s shores.
Bradford Council reports that its average current cost per child residential placement, is at the time of writing £6,498 per week, £337,896 per year, which dwarfs the £4,258 per month, £51,100 per year cost of housing adult immigrants in hotels.
With a general election looming, it is time to press on with the reforms we started and allow Catholic free schools to open.
While his personal deficiencies certainly contributed to his downfall, don’t underestimate the dogged and persistent work by the Scottish Conservatives in exposing his government’s failures and holding him to account.
Perhaps the benefits of Tory rule can only be fully understood once one has had to live under the alternative. At our best, we show that lower taxes, better services, and happier residents can go together.
Fear of differing outcomes means councils are reluctant to use the powers they have, and government is loath to give them more. Not so in other parts of the world.
MP and activist responses to the local elections are likely to hinge on what happens in both the West Midlands and Tees Valley. If the Conservatives lose one or both of them, the backbench vultures will likely begin to circle.
It is ambition that is needed to keep our town centres alive and to give shops a chance to compete with online retailers.
In February, major news provider Newshub announced its closure. It will shut its doors on 5 July, leading to the loss of 300 jobs in a tiny sector. Most of those journalists won’t be rehired.
Stop the boats, abolish the Lords, and bring back the cane are among the policies urged by voters in the West Midlands.
How did we arrive at the point where Conservative ministers – who are now speaking up – are being forced to mount a rearguard action against our own public sector organisations?
Since the current rules were introduced just over a quarter of a century ago, six leaders have come and gone and, excluding David Cameron, they have averaged just 768 days as leader.