Mo Metcalf-Fisher: The virus crisis reminds us how much we need our farmers
We owe farmers a mass thank you for their sterling efforts in fuelling the nation at this crucial time – and there are policy lessons to be learnt.
Phoebe Arslanagić-Wakefield: Why ministers must act to support the early-years childcare sector
The crisis has placed acute strains on businesses which were already struggling with long-term staffing and regulatory challenges.
Michael Fabricant: Never mind the WHO – the UN is unfit for purpose. Why we may have to look for a successor.
The simple fact is that, despite its lofty goals, it repeatedly fails to live up to the values and standards it was set up to defend.
George Bathurst: Nationalisation should be a stepping stone to a better private railway network
John Major’s efforts in the Nineties, part-reversed by Blair, seem almost designed to give the market a bad name. There is an alternative.
Meg Russell and Ruth Fox: How a virtual Parliament should work. Questions – and some answers.
It should not expect to resurrect ‘business as usual’. The key priority is scrutiny of Government action and managing the crisis.
Allie Renison: SMEs are most at risk from economic collapse. They need to know that help is coming.
Large numbers of people are falling through the eligibility gaps – caught between schemes for the employed and self-employed.
Patrick Hall: This outbreak is a deadly reminder that we must up our game on biosecurity
We should take inspiration from other countries which display best practice: Australia and New Zealand.
Cristina Odone: What the police are doing about domestic abuse during the shutdown. And what more they should do.
The imaginative and innovative schemes that they are rolling out across the country to may come as a surprise.
Gary McFarlane: The importance of contact tracing cannot be overstated in fighting this pandemic.
This tried and trusted method is resource-intensive for the Government. But can be spurred along with environmental health practitioners.
Lord Ashcroft: Why our wonderful NHS should be awarded a collective George Cross
My open letter to the Prime Minister proposes the award to recognise the astonishing efforts of those working for our healthcare system.
Shanker Singham: Brexit – and why the transition period must not be extended beyond December this year
To remain in it for any longer than necessary would leave the fragile economy we will have after Covid-19 very vulnerable.
Keelan Carr: That sinking feeling. The ups, stresses and downs of writing speeches for a Prime Minister.
When the brief is, for example, a speech to commemorate Armistice Day or World AIDS Day, the challenge is even more intense.
Frederick Shepherd: The virus brings with it another invisible enemy. A mental health crisis.
When a drop in the curve of the virus is seen, the public’s health mustn’t be endangered by a blinkered pursuit of balancing the books.
Dan Boucher: Finding rainbows amidst the Coronavirus gloom
One of the questions that presents itself during lockdown, is: what are the nine million or so who have or are being furloughed doing with their time?
Mohammed Abdel-Haq: Universities are vulnerable in this crisis. Here’s how we can protect them:
Steps should be taken to ensure than non-Russell Group institutions are properly look after in the coming, challenging months.