Robert Halfon: Beware, fellow MPs. Once we’ve left the Palace of Westminster, we may never return.
Plus: Is a stronger Labour Leader better for the Conservatives? And: Amazing Amazon advertising.
Lord Ashcroft: Labour are in a pickle, but the Tories must keep their heads down. Lessons from my new polling report.
Voters won’t return to Labour just because Brexit is done. But nor will they stick with the Conservatives if they’re not seen to deliver.
We still do not understand Spanish flu – so no wonder the danger posed by the coronavirus is unquantifiable
The NHS issues studiously calm advice, and we wait to see whether the disease can be contained.
Tom McPhail: Successive governments have dodged tough choices on pension tax reform for too long
Simply scrapping higher rate tax relief would be an act of fiscal hooliganism, but the Chancellor has other options available to him.
Andrew Green: The Conservatives’ new immigration policy risks the numbers running out of control
Yet another failure to keep a clear promise would be deeply damaging, especially in the ‘Red Wall’.
Johnson’s reshuffle. If he isn’t Thinking Big it should be Kept Small.
Let Sunak and Dowden join Jenrick at the top table. And that should be about it. If the Coronavirus takes off, Ministerial changes will be the least of our worries.
Neil O’Brien: Five ways to help resolve the housing crisis
If we’re really going solve it and “build better” as Scruton wished then we need massive changes.
Tony Lodge: Britain’s dirty emissions secret – carbon leakage. Here’s what it is and how to tackle it.
We must now consider targeting particular carbon intensive goods and power supplies which are imported and carry a large transport and transmission footprint.
Rudd and the reshuffle. Not the best woman to make the case for women
If she wants to sound off, fine. But Johnson brought her back, and she then resigned – claiming he didn’t want a Brexit deal. Why should he heed her now?
Sanjoy Sen: Making the best use of small modular reactors
The Rolls-Royce concept has the potential to plug a gap in the UK’s low-carbon power requirements.
Bercow was the rudest Speaker of modern times, yet by the end he had degenerated into an Establishment stooge
The former Speaker’s autobiography is a disappointment. He writes as he talks – and after a time this becomes wearisome.
Strife between Johnson and the media is a good thing
He should be scrutinised as fiercely as he himself scrutinised Delors as a journalist 30 years ago.
Iain Dale: My reshuffle predictions. The Prime Minister believes he has delivered for his supporters – and now owes them nothing.
Plus: A sofa, two dogs, no cup of tea – and my Brexit evening. And: the pre-eminence of Policy Exchange.
Liam Fox: Why Britain and the EU can reach a trade deal this year
Harmonisation flies in the face of global trends towards equivalence rather than the highly legalistic regulatory formula favoured by the Union.
Decriminalisation of non-payment of the licence fee is long overdue
It is also politically shrewd – showing free market radicalism and compassion for the poor.