Theresa Villiers: The ERG’s solution to the Irish border opens the door to a wide-ranging free trade agreement
Now we will find out if the EU really is seeking practical progress, or if it is cynically exploiting the issue as a way to seek leverage.
Nick Boles: So you don’t like Chequers. In which case, you need a workable altenative. Here’s mine. What’s yours?
In the long-term, we should be pursuing a Canada-style free trade agreement. In the short, we should park ourselves in the EEA.
John Glen: Why we are launching our Help to Save scheme today
This is a robust, Conservative policy that enhances the stability of our society by encouraging and supporting prudent financial decision-making.
Festus Akinbusoye: Ministers must clamp down on schools which misuse exclusion as a tool to raise exam pass rates
Bright but disruptive pupils are allowed to stay while less able but equally troublesome children are dumped. It is illegal, but it happens nonetheless.
Ben Bradley: To get the greatest benefit from extra NHS funding, resist the temptation to spend it all on hospitals
From community services and mental health treatment, to alleviating PFI debt, the extra cash must be used to prepare the health service for the future.
Tobias Ellwood: On this World Suicide Prevention Day, let’s shatter the mental health taboo – among our armed forces and everywhere else
We must create a positive culture of well-being where discussing a matter of the mind is on par with dealing with a knee injury.
Scott Mann: No, Archbishop, new taxes aren’t the answer to our economic challenges
My constituents would accept an appropriate level of tax but they resent being lectured by those for whom taxation can never be high enough.
Kevin Hollinrake: Why is the regulator protecting RBS – instigator of the greatest banking scandal in Britain’s history?
Ultimately, the only way properly to determine the extent of both this and wider problems is through a full public inquiry.
Charlotte Salomon: Is it time to let the high street die?
Big retail hasn’t adapted to the new world of e-commerce after 20 years – and it’s doubtful whether it ever will.
Joel Charles: The hard left must not be allowed to win the ground war
A clear campaign narrative that balances local and national priorities is crucial. Engage with community groups. Select candidates early. Use social media to complement, not replace, campaigning.
Penny Mordaunt: The twelve new rules of politics
Ideas and vision are necessary, but they are not sufficient. People need to see results and to achieve them they need to take part.
Nola Leach: Opt-out organ donation. Why is a Conservative Government so set on boosting the reach of the state?
The move formalises a precedent with disturbing longer-term implications for the relationship between the citizen and government.
Peter Franklin: Why is the right so sweet on sugar?
This is not so much a pro-market position as an anti-democratic one. There is more to politics than market versus state.
Don Porter: There is a huge opportunity for the Conservative vote to sky-rocket if we stay true to the referendum result
Over third of Conservative Voice’s members are mulling voting UKIP next time in response to Chequers.
Bob Seely: Ten steps to defend our country against the aggression and subversion of Putin’s Russia
Protecting our open society against threats from authoritarian states is an essential battle. We must not lose.