Ryan Shorthouse: Balancing the budget. Make private schools pay VAT. End ring-fencing. Charge for missed GP appointments.
The second piece in our pre-Budget series on how to eliminate the structural deficit.
Nigel Adams: Britain leads the world on protecting intellectual property
We have a head start but must keep updating the ways we defend creative products.
Dominic Raab: With courage, Hammond could save billions
The first piece in our mini-series on reducing the deficit explores ideas from addressing ‘grey welfare’ to closing Whitehall departments.
Julie Hesketh-Laird: The Budget must include support for Scotch Whisky
The current tax regime levies much higher taxes on one of Britain’s most important exports than on other forms of alcohol.
Julian Glassford: Labour is down but not out
‘Socialism in the 21st Century’ could be a vote winner – the Opposition should pick up where Miliband left off.
Anthony Coughlan: Why Brexit should be accompanied by Irexit
Economically and psychologically, Ireland is closer to Boston than Berlin, and to Britain than Germany.
Caroline Spelman: We must act with certainty to tackle an uncertain climate future
The Government seeks to make this the first generation to leave the environment in a better state than we found it.
Mohammed Amin: Why referendums are almost always a bad idea
Even when the question is properly specified, they offer voters a binary choice without any consideration of the consequences that potentially flow.
Hugo Swire: Brexit gives an opportunity to improve our passport security
The selfie generation has seen a flourishing of fake IDs.
Rory Stewart: Three reasons why we won Copeland. Theresa May, Trudy Harrison – and Labour’s long failure to deliver
After 75 years of the latter’s strategy, most people in Copeland faced a choice of either working for the nuclear industry or being without a job.
Tracey Crouch: Britain is leading the world in protecting cultural property
The Government has introduced new measures to protect, preserve, and restore precious sites and artefacts in areas affected by war.
Spencer Pitfield: Copeland shows that the Conservatives are the true workers’ party
More important than Labour’s woes was that voters felt their jobs, employment rights, and pensions were safer in our hands.
Victor Ross: The Winter Fuel Payment. If you don’t need it, concede it.
The scheme I propose would do no more than blow away a small cloud, but this at least would show that something can be done to change the weather.
Diego Zuluaga: We must face the realities of funding the welfare state
A new Office for Intergenerational Responsibility would prevent politicians heaping costs on future taxpayers to fund giveaways today.
David Morris: Javid and Hammond are the right team to ensure the business rates revaluation is fair
The Communities Secretary has faced some opportunistic criticism of late, but ever since he joined Parliament he’s been tirelessly on the side of businesses.