Tim Jenkins: Brexit will mean that Britain will need to deploy even more soft power

The ability to leverage a nation’s influence through international networks and institutions is key to promoting the national interest in the modern world.

Sunder Katwala: You get what you pay for with immigration control. Voters want more – which means higher spending

The need for extra resources will not go down a storm with Hammond. But if we want a system that is effective, fair and trusted, we should resource it accordingly.

An independent Britain must rebuild an independent military

If the UK aspires to a global role, we need not just an independent nuclear deterrent but conventional forces that can function without American help.

Soldiers on the streets. Police dictating what bathers wear. France acts tough but looks powerless.

The Front National is in the ascendant because the French nation has been hollowed out.

Tom Clarke: As we escape the Common Agricultural Policy, we need new ways of thinking about farming

Farmers serve our national security, boost our exports and sculpt our environment.

The oil revenue collapse sharpens the horns of Sturgeon’s dilemma

Brexit-induced outrage hasn’t boosted separatism, and the economic case keeps getting worse. But the SNP’s troops are itching to go, and this might be their last best shot.

Brexit means politics

The UK needs a political strategy to get the best deal – and we must be willing to sacrifice any and all other policies to achieve it.

Lee Rotherham: Unravelling the tangled web of EU policies and regulations will take time and careful planning

Four principles will help the Government to overcome challenges before they become crises.

Vicky Ford: What the other EU member states are thinking about the Brexit negotiations

From security and defence to free movement, it’s important we understand the views on the other side of the table.

Quentin Letts: Europhiles have even managed to make Groundhog Day about Brexit

The director of the Old Vic’s musical adaptation of the 1993 film indulges in leftwing cliché.

LISTEN: “Cameron completely cocked it up” – Loughton talks to Matt Forde about the referendum and its aftermath

He also discusses campaigning for Leadsom, working with Boris and his thoughts on “tosser” Boles.

Philippe Herlin: The Brexit negotiations. And how the Commission has a vested interest in high tariffs while member states lose out.

It’s critical that the UK makes common-cause with national EU member governments – who stand to lose out.

Iain Dale: I watch Loughton become the second most popular Conservative in Scotland

Plus: Stingy Liberal Democrats. Stupid Owen Smith. And: at the Edinburgh Festival – and why those right-on comedians don’t get life beyond the M25.

Jonathan Isaby: Introducing Brexit Central

A new project to hold the Government to account in honouring its pledge that “Brexit means Brexit”.

Philip Salter: The nation’s entrepreneurs need access to international talent

If we can’t keep free movement, then we must at least be careful not to slam the door completely shut.