Ros Altmann: What Ministers should do to ease the plight of small landlords

Four proposals to help engender a sustainable balance between the rights of landlords and renters.

WATCH: Reynolds explains why Labour may want to replace Universal Credit

He’s asked whether or not, given the reliance of so many people on the payment, it’s right to mull scrapping it.

Robert Halfon: There must be no tax rises for lower income voters to help meet the costs of the virus

No fuel duty rises, self-employed taxes, income tax rises, more taxes on food and drink – and the like.

Howard Flight: In my judgement, the economy is on track for a relatively short V-shaped recession.

“Stay at home. Protect the NHS. Saves lives” now needs to end up as “Get back to work. Protect the economy. Save livelihoods.”

Mike Brewer: Universal Credit – the surprise hero of this crisis so far. But more daunting challenges await it.

The Government should temporarily suspend or increase the benefit cap – so that all families on UC benefit from the emergency measures.

James Frayne: More welfare spending. A business tax avoidance clampdown. The new economic policy that voters will want.

One area that has had relatively little attention, but could get much more, is the behaviour of commercial landlords across the country.

The shutdown will be with us for the duration. What the South Korean route out of it will mean – and why it’s now necessary.

Following this road will require a transformation of how we work and live on an expectation-defying scale.

Damian Hinds: Government has overtaken the private sector as the harshest debt collector

The CSJ’s proposals would bring practices in line with the private sector – and establish a new contract of fairness.

John Redwood: The Government should support businesses through lockdown. But ensure a return to normality too.

Despite help being set out for companies during the pandemic, there have been issues with the implementation of schemes. Ministers must keep an eye on this.

Graham Gudgin: Speed, scale, simplicity. Three principles for further action by Ministers to protect jobs and help people.

The job now needs to be completed by shoring up workers’ incomes and firms’ revenues to as close to 100 per cent as is practical.

Tim Smith: What should we do for the furloughed worker?

The Government has sat on its hands over the National Retraining Scheme. Ministers need to deliver it – with laid-off workers in the fast lane.

Will Green: I’m a Labour supporter – but here’s why I believe that Universal Basic Income wouldn’t work

Effectively, for much of the population, UBI would merely take their money and then give it back to them. What’s the point?

David Gauke: The virus – and my journey from serving as Lord Chancellor to volunteering to stack shelves

Plus: Treasury and Work & Pensions lessons. Greenlighters v the rest. Remembering Attlee’s surplus. And: the key question now is “how”, not “what”.

Neil O’Brien: We are on a terrible course. But some people are still messing about as though this were a game.

With the bazooka being well-wielded by Sunak, it seems almost churlish to suggest some further things the Treasury could do. But here are three.

Ryan Shorthouse: Next steps for the Chancellor in helping to support the self-employed

By adapting the Statutory Maternity Pay system, the Chancellor’s Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme will improve the lives of thousands of people.