Mark Winterburn: We must build better, as well as more, homes
We sometimes forget the downside of Macmillan’s legacy – rushed housing that later cost a fortune to put right.
Dominic Raab: The taxman is going easy on the super-rich, and hard on the rest of us. Here’s how to stop him.
If we want a competitive economy and fair taxation, we need to simplify the tax code – not give HMRC arbitrary powers which invite abuse.
Ted Yarbrough: The Commonwealth offers a clear route to building a global Britain
We should draw up plans for free trade among the nine major powers, and free movement among the Anglosphere.
Tim Patmore: Let’s build a million homes a year – but none of them on the green belt
It can be done, but it requires a great deal of political ambition.
Mark Harper: Short – but perfectly formed. Why the Article 50 Bill needs no amendment.
The real motivation of those backing them is to bind the hands of the Government; to try to find a way to keep us in the EU; or else to delay our departure.
Ryan Bourne: The Tories are getting it wrong on childcare
OECD analysis indicates that the cost of childcare as a percentage of income for a two-earner family is now the highest in the developed world.
Peter Ainsworth: If Brexit is to succeed we need to produce more home-grown, high-skilled workers
Our university system is not producing enough at present, and the Government’s proposed reforms threaten to produce even fewer.
Tania Mathias: A Trump state visit cannot be justified while this refugee ban is in place
We have a legal and a moral duty to protect them. The President’s order feels like an attack on our shared humanity.
John Lindberg: Leaving Euratom would be a disaster
This move risks forfeiting British leadership in a strategic sector for no obvious benefit at all.
Daniel Bentley: Javid must empower councils to get homes built
Too much land is left vacant, and too many developments completed slowly so as not to lower house prices. Councils need more power to take action.
John Healey: Why Conservatives should back our plan to tackle the scourge of homelessness
In Government, Labour built on the work of George Young in doing so. Now it’s time for some cross-party co-operation in reverse.
David Orr: New evidence that Nimbyism is waning, as the Housing White Paper looms. May can afford to be bold.
According to new data from the respected British Social Attitudes survey, referenced in our new report, support in England for new homes has almost doubled since 2010,
Lord Ashcroft: In Michigan, Trump’s voters are pleased with what they see as his flying start
Democrats, meanwhile, are still searching for a response.
Brooks Newmark: May must grasp this opportunity to end the scourge of homelessness
The report I have been working on over the past year will provide the Government with a clear strategy to help tackle rough sleeping.
Harsimrat Kaur: Brexit and Trump – nothing in common
We can build a Britain that is fair on immigration, trades globally and is outward-looking – underpinned by great values of equality, fairness and freedom.