Jane MacBean: Conservatives must prove we are the true environmentalists

Tree planting is exactly the kind of popular, nature-based project that we should be exploring across the election cycle.

Mario Creatura: The failure of social workers to protect vulnerable children is grim. And must not be ignored.

Only by comprehensively shining a light on institutional failures, do we stand a chance to reform the system and eradicate these horrors.

Joseph Baum: Pavement politics is how the Conservatives will beat the Lib Dems in Chesham and Amersham

Buckinghamshire Council has a zero-tolerance policy on fly tipping, which is now leading to successful prosecutions.

David Willetts: Yes, let’s have more white male working class students. And new universities, too – some in the Red Wall.

The final piece in our series on levelling up comes from our fortnightly columnist – as the White Paper looms.

Steve Baker: Wycombe’s food insecurity levels are a huge wake-up call. We must renew our vision of Conservative social justice.

This is not something to dismiss lightly, and we must take this as a clarion call to action. 

Gary Powell: Why flying the right rainbow flag matters

The version with a super-imposed triangular design celebrates hard-line transgender ideology.

Johnson puts the case for more localism in England. Now he must deliver it.

The more radical his plans are, the more resistance there will be. But one can’t serve up a municipal omelette without breaking eggs.

Bob Blackman: Voters are understandably wary about planning reforms. Here’s why a street plans scheme is a viable alternative.

These would allow individual streets, when a large majority of homeowners agree, to give themselves permission to increase the size of their houses.

Reports of Johnson’s political demise are greatly exaggerated

But this electoral Titan has an Achilles heel – tax rises which, rather than planning or HS2, are the real threat to future Chesham & Amershams.

It’s too soon to judge how the boundary review will impact the next election – but it’s fun to try

On the old electoral map, equally-sized seats was an unambiguous win for the Conservatives. But 2019 changes the calculation.

Daniel Hannan: Super Thursday’s results weren’t a victory for conservatism, but for our leader: Brexity Jezza

With economics, sleaze and environmentalism off the table, Labour is only left with the culture wars to fight the Tories on.

Is the Blue Wall around London in danger of cracking?

Local factors? The usual backlash against the party in power? Or a long-term trend away from the Conservatives in some of their heartlands?

Harry Fone: Parish councils can waste money too

The removal of the precept, a virtually guaranteed source of income, could well lead to greater fiscal prudence.

Faye Purbrick: Don’t split Somerset in half

A single unitary model has worked well in those areas that have adopted it in recent years, including Dorset, Wiltshire, and Buckinghamshire.

Mark Francois: The voluntary party must now save us from ourselves

I welcome the suggestion that local Associations should follow the lead that the National Convention took last weekend.