Barney Campbell: The case for a new national service scheme – driven by incentives, not compulsion
Doing more to incentivise recruitment is not only good for the Armed Forces, but benefits the rest of society too.
International Women’s Day and what the polls tell us. ‘Building back better’ might need a feminist version too.
We publish the first article in a five-piece series on ConservativeHome this week about women.
Neil Shastri-Hurst: Criminal Justice reform – a modern crusade for a modern conservatism
An interesting mental exercise is to identify an institution that expands through failure. I can only come up with one – prisons.
Christian Wakeford: The pandemic is no excuse to break our election promise and reduce aid to Yemen
Ministers clearly realise they do not have support in the Commons for this cut, and nor perhaps for the overall reduction to 0.5 per cent of GNI.
Damian Green: A Budget that proves this is a Conservative Government in the One Nation tradition
The last Prime Minister to seize the centre ground and reduce the opposition to this kind of impotent anger was Tony Blair in his early years.
Andrew Tettenborn: Protecting free speech at universities. The Government’s proposals are a start, but don’t go far enough.
It has a wonderful opportunity to preserve this value on campus. One that may not present itself again for some time.
Anthony Browne: Why the Chancellor is right to increase Corporation Tax
Evidence does not suggest Britain is at the sweet spot on the Laffer Curve where raising it will cut revenue, nor that doing so will harm investment.
Adam Holloway: Vaccine queue jumping is happening – and costs lives
End the scandal of the young and healthy getting in ahead of the old and sick because of special favours.
John Glen: A Budget that struck the right balance between doing whatever it takes now and securing the public finances later
The more sanguine assessments on the impact of further borrowing are heavily reliant on interest rates and inflation remaining at historic lows.
Warwick Lightfoot: Today’s Budget. Conservatives should not be afraid of public borrowing to ensure a rapid recovery.
Preventing as much long-term damage to the economy as possible now should be the Chancellor’s priority.
Gareth Davies: This cheap debt can’t last forever
If there isn’t a stampede back to the shops, our debt to GDP ratio will stay high. If there is, we face a potential surge in inflation.
Shanker Singham: Breaking the Gordian knot of agricultural trade negotiations. How the TAC has risen to the challenge.
The commission has come up with an an innovative proposal for import policy.
Jack Richardson: Green policy as security policy. And why we shouldn’t let China corner the market in new technologies.
The D10 presents an opportunity for coordinating democracies around goals of combating climate change while securing supply chains.
Dan Boucher: Labour’s stewardship of the NHS in Wales has been disastrous. Come May, it’s time for a Conservative administration.
Health is one of the most pressing issues to get right in the upcoming Welsh Parliament elections.
Narinder Singh: Liberal ‘defenders’ shouldn’t presume to speak for me on the Begum ruling
There’s a difference between skiving school with your friends and travelling to Syria to pledge your allegiance to a death cult.