Ed Jones: The Government must grasp the nettle of social care reform
Enough of wheeling in the same weary academics and experts, asking them to repeat the assessments they have given to all the previous politicians.
Philip Dunne: Why I’ve tabled a Bill to clean up Britain’s rivers
They are an integral part of our natural heritage: a refuge for people and wildlife, while also supplying the essential water upon which we all depend.
Damian Green: Is it time to choose between Sage and Sweden?
Splitting the difference between clear alternatives may not be sustainable during the coming rough months.
Ed McGuinness: A lesson for democracy in Europe from an abandoned airport in Cyprus
The EU is caught between making more effective decisions and compromising its smaller members’ interests.
Bernard Jenkin: The threat of the virus to the NHS hasn’t gone away. How it could overwhelm hospitals – and intensive care.
The aim is to keep the service open for as much normal business as possible, but there would be no possibility of achieving this in the scenario above.
Neil Record: Lessons from the recent past for the Chancellor as he seeks to salvage the economy
My objective would be policies to help achieve growth in real Government revenue, and growth in labour productivity.
Rehman Chishti and Knox Thames: Freedom of religion is under threat. Trans-Atlantic efforts can combat that.
The US and UK, along with other countries in Europe, are fighting to ensure that no one is persecuted for their religious beliefs.
Minette Batters: Today, MPs should insist on better scrutiny arrangements for future trade deals
Debate on the Agriculture Bill gives them the chance to call for more effective measures than those which independent assessments find wanting.
Anthony Browne: Are we really going to pass a law that would harm many of the world’s poorest people?
Such would be the effect of a well-intentioned but ill thought-out amendment to the Agriculture Bill that will come to the Commons tomorrow.
Alex Game: Students are the key to environmental progress – and we need to lose the tribalism in our debates
Extinction Rebellion has polarised discussions on climate change. Organisations like the British Conservation Alliance aim to bring balance back.
Paul Bristow MP: Ministers must make it easier for the NHS to recruit dentists from overseas
As we leave the European Union, the UK has a chance to reform our visa rules and open up to the skilled professionals we need.
John Howell: It is time for Britain to take the Council of Europe more seriously
As we depart the EU, a new commitment to this older body would demonstrate our continuing commitment to our friends on the continent.
Allie Renison: Sunak wants to link business support to viability. He’s right – but he must help to keep firms viable in the first place.
He must ensure that taxation supports viability before he can start to focus on balancing the books.
Bob Seely: Ministers must revise the housing plan to give our cities the homes they need
How is it levelling up to concentrate new construction – and the associated infrastructure – in the South?
David Willetts: The Government is wrong to propose cutting back on Universal Credit while the triple lock remains untouched
And when it comes to paying for the crisis measures, as we must, taxes must not fall on younger workers.