Neil Carmichael: Labour is becoming a Brexit Party in order to compete with the populist Conservatives

But leaving the EU is a massive blunder – and both parties are turning their back on the national interest.

Kirsty Finlayson: The Government is making good progress on green issues, but there is much more to be done

We should embrace the opportunity Brexit affords to overhaul our approach towards agricultural subsidies, re-wilding, and pesticide control.

Neil Shastri-Hurst: Like a phoenix from the ashes of the Covid crisis, now is the time for a new social contract to arise

The present social contract was written when the number of taxpayers well outstripped the number of retirees. But times have changed.

Ros Altmann: The end of free TV licences for older people offers a chance to boost the take-up of Pension Credit

For the past decade, four in ten of those eligible have consistently failed to apply – the lowest take-up of any income-related entitlement.

Mario Laghos: Johnson must chuck free market ideology and double down on levelling up Britain

If Johnson wants to be a historic Prime Minister, then he needs to be brave, resist the siren call of the Conservative orthodoxy and move to spend big.

Ranil Jayawardena: The trade deals keep coming. And today, as the new EU agreement takes effect, we look forward to more.

We have now secured 97 per cent of the trade value that we set out to reach agreements for first, beyond the EU. And there’s more to come.

Robert Sutton: The protection of civil liberties must be placed at the heart of a reformed Public Health Act

The dubious legal basis for lockdown restrictions should be clarified by making its scope explicit.