James Frayne: Big tax rises would make Tory campaigning impossible – in Red Wall seats as well as traditionally blue ones The public would catch up when growth slowed and redundancies rose. It would become clear that raising taxes on employers doesn’t help anyone.
Alexander Stafford: Renewables – not just providers of green energy, but enablers of levelling up We should be increasing our export ambitions and the support that government gives companies in entering these global markets.
Candidate applications open in seven more seats, including two extremely close marginals Six of the seven constituencies in the new tranche voted Leave in the referendum.
Richard Holden: How and why the LibDems went backwards in every English and Welsh seat they defended With seven of their nine seats in England now held with majorities of less than eight per cent of the vote, the next election offers a chance to take them out for good.