Major changes to the waste and streetscene contract saw improved service. We have also brought in a huge regeneration scheme.
Most Tory MPs will be seeing large increases in the housing targets for their seats, while many Labour MPs see their local targets reduced.
When our elections finally come next year, we will be campaigning hard to win back an overall majority.
The New Homes Bonus must not be eroded, and the constraints on small urban local authorities should be recognised.
Once a seat reaches 30 per cent BME population, it goes Labour. In 2010, this applied to 75 seats. By 2022, it could apply to around 120 seats.
Conservative values underpin what it can achieve – whether in apprenticeships, manufacturing exports, jobs or contributions to good causes.
We continue our post-match inspection of our battleground profiles with the Liberal Democrat graveyard of the South West.
Our campaign slogan was “Let’s Keep Gloucester on the UP!”
It’s very tight indeed in these constituencies, but Ed Miliband’s party has the edge in these local campaigns on the basis of this evidence.
The second piece in our series explores the intense struggles across the South West of England.
But these demonstrations, which cannot uphold social distancing, will have a catastrophic impact on our collective fight against the virus.