Nottinghamshire Labour candidates fight the cuts
Polls suggest the Tories and Liberal Democrats will lose 1,700 councillors on 5 May, mostly to Labour. That will bring into even sharper relief the contradiction between the unpopularity of the cuts — and the Tory/Liberal government forcing them through — and the reality of Labour-controlled councils imposing them locally. In Broxtowe, Nottinghamshire these elections look set to force a change in the borough council. Labour is unlikely to win an overall majority but they will almost certainly increase their council representation. But in Broxtowe, two of the Labour candidates are campaigning...