Hugo de Burgh: We owe it to future generations of Brits to work with China
It is our third largest market – we must work with it if we are to help resolve global problems from the environment to nuclear proliferation.
Our Cabinet League Table: Sunak top, Johnson down again, Patel up – and Williamson and Jenrick in negative territory
That’s the Prime Minister’s lowest score since he entered Downing Street for the first time last summer.
Charlotte Pickles: Ten million people are at risk of becoming unemployed. They must be Sunak’s priority this week.
The Chancellor should use his statement on Wednesday to announce a comprehensive and ambitious plan to counter the threat.
The return of the rave should put nightclubs on the Government’s radar
The question isn’t whether people will go out this summer; it’s who profits.
David Gauke: I fear the Conservative Party is lost for small state free marketeers and One Nation social liberals
When it decided to be the Party of Brexit, when it decided that it should focus on Red Wall voters, the Conservative Party made its choice.
The Government toughens up on school reopenings
This week Gavin Williamson said that parents would be fined if they do not send their children back to school. But Labour is not happy.
Profile: Ben Elliot, Co-Chairman of the Party, under fire for the seating plan which put Jenrick next to Desmond
This Johnson ally, who runs the party on the PM’s behalf, has two modes, charming and angry, and is a more serious figure than he looks.
Tony Smith: Turning the tide on migrant boats
Subject to mutual agreement, we could establish an integrated UK/French border patrol to rescue migrants at sea and bring them to a place of safety.
Wanted: an international solution to the plight of the Hong Kongers
Three million of them are unlikely to pitch up here, but government must plan for all eventualities – and support for its plan wouldn’t survive a mass influx.
Garvan Walshe: To win re-election, Poland’s President Duda is counting on the homophobic, sexist Konfederacja party
But they have hugely different views on economic policy to PiS, and consider its pro-Catholicism naive at best.
Phillipa Stroud: Coronavirus has hit those in poverty hardest. The Government must support employment, fast.
The next step is for a commission to be established that can develop solutions to the current inequalities we have seen.
There’s no good reason why Frost shouldn’t serve as National Security Adviser
Perhaps we should all take a step backwards from comparing CVs, and simply ask ourselves who has a record of delivering for Britain.
Luke Evans: My Coronavirus report from near the Leicester lockdown front line
I see my role as being that of an honest broker in a fluid situation. I’m determined not to put information out because I want to be first with the news.
Robert Halfon: Johnson delivers for the workers but Starmer could win back their votes
Never underestimate the power of Labour. Its message of helping the underdog and the poor is enduring, still popular and extremely potent.
Darren Grimes: Why I’m backing this new campaign to defund the BBC
It’s single mothers like mine that are hardest hit by non-payment of the licence fee. If you ask me, that’s too high a price to pCome Dancing on free-to-view telly.