Michael Crick: The Royal Borough of Barrow-in-Furness. How does that sound?

Only nine communities in England have royal status as conferred by the monarch – and none are further north than Sutton Coldfield.

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.

CCHQ aims to seize more Cumbrian seats from Labour

A dedicated campaign manager is being hired.