Emily Carver: Covid has exposed the flaws in our education system. It’s time for a radical rethink.
It’s disgraceful that somewhere between 15 and 20 per cent of our young people may be “functionally illiterate” when they leave school.
Andrew RT Davies: Wales. Here’s how we can extinguish the dangerous flame of separatism.
The third article in a five-part ConHome series this week on the future of the United Kingdom.
Parliament should vote monthly from March on ending the lockdown
The most important question today isn’t whether the Government’s plan is right or wrong, but how decisions should be made about it.
Thirteen Conservative MPs pressed for a faster easing of restrictions during Johnson’s statement yesterday – and 35 did not
Yesterday’s backbench reaction to his Commons statement suggests that most Tory MPs will back his proposals.
The Moggcast: “If you want to pick a figure, you would choose Keynes.” The Leader of the House as next week’s Budget looms
And: he confirms that there will be a vote on the roadmap. Plus: on nightclub openings: “it may make more difference to your life than mine.”
Andy Maciver: Scotland. Don’t run away from a referendum. Instead, embrace it, offer a new Union – and win
The second article in a five-part ConHome series this week on the future of the United Kingdom.
Is Johnson under-promising on opening-up in order to over-deliver?
What a bracing springboard it would be to bounce into the local elections with normality returning faster than expected.
Neil O’Brien: The NHS and jobs. Family and community. Indispensable means of boosting our mental health.
It’s welcome that we’re investing much more in services. But we need to tackle the causes too.
Jonathan Werran: The Union and the English question. The answer is to let a hundred localist flowers bloom
The first in a five-part ConHome series this week on the future of the United Kingdom.
Why was there no reference to Islamist extremism in Johnson’s terror speech?
Perhaps the answer is bound up with China – and our inability to focus on more than a single problem at once.
Stephen O’Brien: The challenge of converting world-class research into British economic success. Here’s an example than works.
We should double down on Product Development Partnerships, which are alive and well in the field of public health.
Johnson’s Downing Street. Like an unstable Middle Eastern autocracy – with jihadis, family militias, and outside actors exchanging fire.
The ghost of Cummings haunts Number Ten in the wake of Lewis’ resignation. Who’s in charge – and what’s the plan to see off the SNP?
Sarah Ingham: Corbyn and his gang could scarcely have handled coronavirus worse than the Government
The public elected a Conservative Government, but they didn’t get one.
How even a modest Labour revival in Scotland could return more Conservative MPs
Contra mistaken notions of ‘unionist unity’, the Opposition can reach sections of the current SNP vote that the Tories cannot.
Iain Dale: Forget the theories about Frost’s appointment. What does it mean for Gove?
Plus: If Sunak wishes to ingratiate himself with small business people, he should scrap the loan charge and IR35.