Labour’s backtracking on local elections is a victory for democracy

Plus: Defence delusions; student loans reform; a new Parliament; Packham’s energy claims; vape-free air; and a beach by the Thames

The NHS’s lumbering bureaucracy treats patients as an afterthought

The Right must unite to have a hope of achieving real change in Britain

The Labour Party preaches equality but has long been a boys’ club

A closer relationship with the EU won’t solve Britain’s economic woes

Subjecting cyclists to stricter rules would make Britain’s roads safer

China’s treatment of Jimmy Lai reflects its total contempt for Britain

As another premiership languishes, it is ordinary people who suffer

The departure of Morgan McSweeney exposes the PM’s lack of integrity

Defra’s diversity plan is an insult to people who live in the countryside

Britain’s precious churches face an intolerable financial burden

This desperate Prime Minister is surely nearing the end of his tenure

Never again will Labour be able to accuse other parties of sleaze

Labour has long prioritised educational dogma above good schools

Lord Mandelson should never have been a candidate for US ambassador