Damian Hinds: Raise the quality of technical education, and parity of esteem will naturally follow
It is utterly confusing to provide 12,000 course options at Level 3 or below. The system must be reformed.
Will Quince: The public want simpler rail fares – so let’s deliver them
Pay as you go is an efficient and cost-effective method that has made travel easier for a vast number of rail users already.
George Eustice: The Brexit solution now? Not Norway Plus, but the EFTA pillar of the EEA.
The benefits of this simple approach are that we can settle this debate now rather than condemn our country to years more argument.
Lord Ashcroft: How the United Kingdom voted on EU referendum day – and why
As Meaningful Vote Three on May’s deal looms, we republish the poll of over 12,000 voters which revealed the concerns that helped to decide the referendum.
Jake Berry: Help your local high street – by going shopping
We want more people to discover the charms of independent retailers, so that they can continue to thrive.
Andy Cook: A private rental shake-up would improve security and change lives
Families should not suffer from the upheaval and anxiety of being evicted at two months’ notice, without legitimate grounds.
Mohammed Amin: The New Zealand atrocity – and the symbiotic relationship between anti-Muslim and Islamist terrorists
The attack is a salutary reminder that all terrorists, by definition, believed in something and have a cause.
Richard Ekins: The real meaning of Cox’s advice. There is only a theoretical risk of being trapped in the backstop.
A number of important points about his view have been overlooked or misunderstood by some MPs and commentators.
Richard Benyon: Climate change is bigger than Brexit
The school strikers have a point, and we ought to listen – not least because we have a great story to tell about what Conservative governments have done.
Anna Nadibaidze: Where do the other members of the EU stand on the question of an Article 50 delay?
It would need unanimous agreement. Looking at each of the 27’s varying comments, there are six distinct camps of opinion.
Nadhim Zahawi: How we can do more to support care leavers at university
Our new Covenant establishes a set of principles to guide private, public, and third-sector organisations who want to help.
Henry Newman: Why the revised deal’s changes to the backstop are significant – and offer Britain a route out
The final paragraph of Cox’s advice notes that in some circumstances the UK could suspend or exit the backstop under the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties.
Michael Tomlinson: The Prime Minister must stick to her word. We must vote this evening to leave the EU on March 29
Why has she recently begun to assert that we may never leave at all? It is an odd about-turn, given that her leadership is predicated upon “Brexit means Brexit”.
Zac Goldsmith: I switched to voting for this flawed deal because it is now the only route available to leave the EU
Some Leavers voted against as a way to get No Deal. But hardcore Remainers voted against as a way to stop Brexit. They can’t both be right.
Theresa May: Why the Commons should vote for this improved Brexit deal today
We have secured legally-binding changes which address MPs’ concerns about the need to protect the UK from being stuck in the backstop against its will.