Calum Davies: Property rights are under assault in Wales – Conservatives must protect them
I’m a Welsh-speaker and proud of my heritage – but it’s absurd to charge £10,000 to try and prevent someone renaming their own home.
Robert Largan: We need a National Skills Strategy Skills policy. Not oversaturating our labour market with graduates.
After a decade of political upheaval, the country is ready for a decade of renewal. It is about time that we followed the example of FDR’s New Deal.
Ryan Shorthouse: No, family values are not in decline
The marriage rate is down. But people are being choosy, looking for love rather than doing it out of economic necessity. So, marriages now last longer.
John Penrose: Here’s how we can put ‘levelling up’ at the centre of a One Nation agenda
They point towards a Britain that is hopeful, optimistic, energetic and positive – where people can succeed no matter where they started from.
Tom Harwood: Implementing the Planning White Paper will stem the tide of young people turning to Labour
The new zone proposals will take away the effective monopoly of the big developers, allowing a genuine market to deliver for people.
Alexandra Marsanu: Rather than being paralysed by the doom and gloom, we need to seize the new opportunities
A re-think of how businesses are run and what skills are needed should start sooner rather than later.
Rob Sutton: Dame Barbara Woodward – An appointee who can test the limits of British influence at the UN
She has the skill, experience and support to be a key voice as we seek a renewed national identity amidst a decaying rules-based international order.
James Somerville-Meikle: The SNP’s overhaul of hate crime legislation is a threat to freedom of expression in Scotland
Criminal behaviour under the new law would be based on offence caused, rather than intended – a significant difference to England and Wales.
Ed West: So far, 2020 has proved my most pessimistic expectations to be horribly true. How very satisfying.
There’s nothing better than being proven right, even if it’s to confirm your original prediction of doom-laden misery.
Alicia Kearns: Levelling up must mean protecting our rural communities
Agricultural vehicle and land rover theft is up by over a quarter. We need to stamp out serious organised crime in our countryside.
Ben Southwood: Yes, the current planning system really is at the root of Britain’s housing crisis
The Local Government Association points the finger at developers, but their interpretation of the evidence is misleading.
David Skelton and Sam Bowman: Trafalgar Square’s fourth plinth should be replaced with a Commonwealth hero
For too long the space has played host to ugly and vacuous ‘public art’. This is a much, much better use for it.
Aphra Brandreth: Davey would take the Lib Dems backwards; Moran to the Left. But whichever direction, does it matter?
Until they are prepared to set out a future that is both workable and distinct, they are unlikely to have much of a voice in this Parliament or the next.
Rob Sutton: Sir Philip Barton – a key player in Johnson’s quest for global Britain
The overhaul of the civil service continues with a new (and notably less Eurocentric) head of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.
Graham Gudgin: Now is the time to combat Scottish Nationalism
Throwing money around will not help. A natonal effort is needed to show that the UK is a force for good in a troubled world.