Fabio Conti: Our manifesto shows why NHS workers should back the Conservatives
It presents an exciting agenda spanning everything from hiring more staff to investing in key infrastructure and supporting innovation.
Andrew Green: Labour’s immigration policy is a threat to the country’s future
In the longer term, the aim of the hard left is to increase the size of the ethnic community so as to cement left-wing power.
Joe Shalam: A New Homes Network and a Boris Builds scheme. What a Conservative housing policy should look like.
It was described earlier this week as ‘the election issue yet to bark’. But it seems that this sleeping dog has finally awoken.
Sam Robinson: Raising the NationaI Insurance threshold is an opportunity to make the tax system fairer
A full merger is the logical destination. That would be simpler, more honest and more modern.
ConHome’s election panel. “So what is the doorstep saying this time…There’s a quiet confidence. Very quiet.”
Each week, our panel of James Frayne, Marcus Roberts, Trevor Phillips, and Salma Shah will will analyse and assess what’s happening.
Lord Ashcroft: My latest focus groups from three Leave-voting, Labour-held Tory targets in Wales
“It’s a really tricky one. In previous elections it’s been a simple cross in the box, now it’s so overwhelming, I feel quite sick.”
Ian Warren and Will Jennings: Addressing the needs of towns is key to winning this election
Around two-thirds of the top 100 marginal seats are town constituencies. That presents an opportunity.
Andrew Smith: The next Conservative Government can deliver for the North by investing in regeneration.
I hope that we will see more of the Chancellor during the campaign explaining how his plans can help support investment to boost productivity.
Phoebe Griffith: Like Hannan, I have lived in Peru. But my take on its recent story is very different.
The legacy of the Fujimorista regime has shaped Peru to this day, and has been far more pervasive and corrosive than General Velasco’s.
Lord Ashcroft: Have you made up your mind yet? Will you put up with Johnson to get Brexit? Week Two of my General Election Dashboard.
My latest round of polling finds no signs of a seismic shift in opinion so far. We find a similar picture to last week’s.
Benedict Rogers: Do I support those hurling molotov cocktails or attacking policemen in Hong Kong? No. But I understand them.
They want to defend their way of life, their basic freedoms, their human rights, all of which they see as increasingly threatened by Xi Jinping’s brutal regime.
Richard Patient: At last, the Conservatives have realised that the CBI is the voice of big business, not all business
The confederation has wielded considerable influence over the last 30 years. But other, more entrepreneurial voices, must be heard, too.
Jesse Norman: The root of the financial crisis can be traced back directly to Brown and Labour
One essential Bank of England chart illustrates what went wrong, beyond reasonable doubt.
Andrew Wood: We need a strong defence in an uncertain world
As a new manifesto is being finalised, it is time to review how our 2017 commitments on defence have worked out.
Chris Whiteside: I’ve worked for BT for over 30 years. Here’s my take on why Labour’s broadband plan would destroy the industy.
It is capitalising on voters who weren’t born in the era of state monopolies having no idea how much worse these companies were under Corbyn’s dinosaur model.