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This decision reiterates the political importance of the UK’s cities to our party – and we must aim for a blue-led council in 2022.
Onwards to Anglia, where the Liberal Democrats and Tories will be fighting hard over a small clutch of possible gains.
Michael McManus uses the theatre to explore the potential for an anti-immigrant party to break away not from the Tories, but from Labour.
For many voters, local elections boil down to which party will provide the best possible services at the lowest possible cost.
Opportunities to take part in social action should be provided in schools to embed the experience of serving your community into education.
A handful of gains from the Liberal Democrats do little to disguise a total stalemate between Labour and the Tories in this region.
The fourth in our series investigates the East of England, where the minor parties are making their presence felt in a traditional Tory-Labour front.
Health is a key issue at local as well as national level, and 11 of these troubled institutions are in Conservative-held seats.
Chris Hayward, Alan Mak, Michael McManus and Charlotte Vere.
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