Anvar Sarygulov: Here’s how the Government can improve Universal Credit

A ‘helping hand’ payment for new claimants, more disability advisers, and an obligation for the state to pay out on time would all help.

Wilf Lytton: Ten years of the Climate Change Act. We need a new target to get net emissions down to zero.

The IPCC’s latest report removes any doubt that upholding the Paris Agreement is in the UK’s interests.

Eamonn Ives: No, Brexit will not threaten all creatures great and small

In certain respects, the UK’s leaving of the EU could reap animal welfare benefits on a scale hitherto unimaginable.

Rebecca Pow: Reconnecting young people with the natural world would bring benefits to mental and physical health

From creating more green and blue spaces, to GPs prescribing walks and gardening, nature can be a soothing, healing influence.

Tim Loughton: Mindfulness has a crucial role to play in tackling mental illness

Anything that is easy to administer and available to everyone at low cost has to be a useful aid in dealing with this epidemic.

Bob Seely: My housing challenge to think tanks. Devise a strategy that will prize social justice above economic liberalism.

In my constituency, we have a target of just over 640 homes a year. Our housing waiting list is 3,000.

Nicky Morgan: Women on boards. We need fair access – not positive discrimination. And no more evasive excuses.

“Not enough senior women”…” “Not enough interested women”… “All the good ones have been snapped up”… “We already have one”… “No vacancies”…

The Tory Left: not always Out, not necessarily Loud, but definitely Proud – and a growing force

A list of new Tory Reform Group patron MPs suggests that it is stronger in the Commons than it may look.

Nicky Morgan: As Onward launches today, Number Ten needs to give us all something to hope for

The Government should consider setting up a domestic policy Cabinet sub-committee to help alleviate the Brexit bandwidth problem.

Sam Hall: How the UK could lead the Commonwealth on climate change

Adopting a net zero emissions target would reinforce the Government’s recent efforts to reach out to younger voters with new policies to protect the environment.

The Conservatives are grappling with a gender voting gap

The old assumption that women were more likely to vote Conservative has been overturned – so the search is on for policies to restore it.

Ryan Henson: How to improve opportunities for white working-class boys – and get more on the Tory benches too

Research shows that investment in the early years of a child’s life is the most effective way to improve his or her long-term life chances.

What should our post-Brexit immigration policy look like?

Countries with which we strike future trade deals – the top priority for Party members according to our survey – should be treated more favourably than those with which we don’t.

Tax reform offers the Government a rare opportunity to make real policy changes

Our mini-series this week revealed points of broad consensus and points of approaching conflict on the centre right in terms of how the tax burden is distributed.

What should Tories tax? 1) Sam Hall: Let’s aim to help poorer people, deter harmful behaviour – and be fiscally responsible

In the first instalment of a three-part mini-series, Bright Blue’s senior research fellow explores how tax reform could rebalance the fiscal burden.