James Frayne: Public opinion on the lockdown is a rapidly ticking timebomb

If employers consider themselves to be heading for catastrophe, it suggests that the wider public will catch up before too long.

Henry Newman: The more we look back to the referendum, and re-fight its battles, the less we get ready for the future

And most EU member states haven’t spent nearly enough time really thinking what the future relationship between the UK and EU should look like, either.

John Longworth: Leavers have every reason to be optimistic about the year ahead

The doom-mongers and nay-sayers grumble out of self-interest. Meanwhile, Brexit Britain is strong and set to grow stronger.

Ryan Bourne: The Tories are getting it wrong on childcare

OECD analysis indicates that the cost of childcare as a percentage of income for a two-earner family is now the highest in the developed world.

May’s decision to close down the Business Advisory Group has implications for Hammond

The Treasury is not – and should not be – in charge of the Brexit process.

His Sunday trading scheme shows how the worst of Osborne is harming the best of Osborne

The consequences of these sleights-of-hand now include two Ministers threatening to resign, PPS’s quitting, and rebellion from up to 50 Tory MPs.

Javid attacks the CBI over Europe. How it must miss Vince Cable!

His intervention deftly combined standing foursquare with David Cameron with reminding his audience that, when the referendum takes place, they may differ.