Iain Duncan Smith: There is a solution to the concerns of those criticising the EU Withdrawal Bill’s new powers

The Government could allay fears and bring consensus by appointing an external advisory committee to scrutinise how the powers are used.

Nicky Morgan: If voters don’t trust Conservative values, they won’t vote for Conservative candidates

I believe that a discussion about values could be key to addressing much of the unhappiness which triggered the referendum result.

Ashley Fox: The UK’s negotiators have the freedom to innovate and compromise, but Barnier’s hands are tied

The famous photo of the EU’s negotiator sitting with a pile of papers was misinterpreted. Those were the order that limit his scope.

Iain Dale: Abortion, same-sex marriage, and Rees-Mogg. He would be a brilliant Speaker. But I fear he has now blown it.

Plus: Cable, the Saudis, arms – and hypocrisy. MPs, the EU Withdrawal Bill, Henry VIII clauses – and hypocrisy. And: on a different note, why isn’t Zahawi a Minister?

Ben Roback: Trump must not waste his chance to reform the US tax code

This could be a rare area where the President and Republican legislators are united in pursuit of a common goal.

Garvan Walshe: How to counter thermonuclear proliferation, the true threat posed by North Korea

The policy of preventing Pyongyang becoming a nuclear state has failed. We must now shift to protecting others from that new reality.

Alex Morton: Identity politics is wrong – and bad for Tories, too. So if May is staking a revival on it, her difficulties will deepen.

The idea that all groups should have the same outcomes is just an update of the old socialist idea of equality of outcome – ignoring the choices that individuals make.

Christopher Howarth: The European Union (Withdrawal) Bill is necessary – and ultimately uncontroversial

But don’t expect that to stop the commentariat, or the Opposition, trying to manufacture some kind of row, even if only for show.

Howard Flight: So who’s to blame for our productivity problems? Step forward, Gordon Brown

Between 1997 and 2005, public sector spending rose from £336 billion to £517 billion a year. But its output has increased little, so its productivity has fallen dramatically.

Nadhim Zahawi: Why the basic rate of income tax for younger people should be cut

In an era when it is harder for young people to buy a house, or even just to pay rent, it makes sense to direct more help to them than older people who already have one.

Iain Dale: May has recovered her position

Plus: investment increasing, Heseltine declining. Listen to Farage – especially if you disagree with him. And: Activate sounds like dermatological face cream.

Daniel Hannan: Prejudice against fat people is a snobbery of the Left

The underlying motive for this tradition, though now often dressed up in quasi-medical language, is as much aesthetic as sanitary.

Rob Halfon: Is it time to get rid of charitable status for private schools?

There are better ways to spend money on education than on tax breaks for very expensive profit-making institutions.

Rebecca Lowe Coulson: Unfashionable and derided it may be, but the concept of citizenship still matters

It’s notable that criticism of it, and of nationhood, typically comes from the privileged, within the most economically and politically secure nations.

Iain Duncan Smith: The Government is reviewing relationship counselling funding. Cuts would be a grave mistake.

When we first increased, and then doubled, this budget, it improved many people’s lives. Reversing that would be a retrograde step.