Iain Dale: Let’s hear it for the private sector and hear less about a bigger state

McDonnell wanted a state-run pharmaceutical industry. So now we will never know how it would got on with producing Covid vaccines.

Tim Pilcher: How simple connectivity vouchers can empower Britain’s businesses right now

SMEs are facing unprecedented challenges. Faster internet speeds can make a great difference.

Liam Fox: Today, the Chancellor should aim to boost an unambiguously private sector-led recovery

Before pumping more funding into the public sector, we must restore the habit of making sure we have the money in the bank before we start spending it.

Nick King: Johnson’s Reset. The Government needs business if it’s to build back better.

The final article in ConHome’s series on the Prime Minister’s Reset Moment – and what should follow from it.

The wind of Biden’s change is blowing through Johnson’s Government

America’s result is having knock-on effects in Downing Street: see yesterday’s green speech and today’s defence news.

Nus Ghani: The Government must act to ban British companies from exploiting slave labour

If we can crack down on products complicit in illegal deforestation, we can do the same for those complicit in Chinese persecution of the Uyghurs.

Neil O’Brien: The plans we must make now to ensure that our ship doesn’t hit the rocks

These are my starters for ten – so it’s over to you. What are the biggest choices? What are the problems that we have to get ahead of to keep afloat?

Eamonn Ives: The Government should be doing all it can to give Britain’s green entrepreneurs a head start

The major industries of the future will be green, clean, and environmentally conscious. Without action we risk jobs, investment, and exports going overseas.

Andy Street: As we enter lockdown, we must protect our precious open spaces

Whitehall must understand that if an algorithm offers up cherished green spaces to hungry developers, there will be a local backlash.

WATCH: Last-minute decisions are damaging business, says Phillipson

She attacks the Government for giving employers less than six hours’ notice that the furlough scheme was being extended.

Matt Vickers: I know from experience why the retail sector matters. So have your say on rates today.

Ae consultation on the issue is taking evidence now – and terms of reference for a review will be published in the Budget.

Graham Brady: The Government must account properly for the full cost of lockdowns, restrictions – and Covid-19 itself

Publishing this information may lead to a more realistic understanding from the public of the real costs of the current strategy.

Andy Street: It’s time to accept that HS2 is a done deal – part of caring for livelihoods as well as lives in our region

As the short-term economy comes under immense strain, we should support the UK’s biggest single long-term investment.

Bob Neill: There is no good reason to apply the same Covid restrictions throughout London

The London Borough of Bromley, which I am proud to represent, is a case in point – because cases remain relatively low.

Neil O’Brien: Here are three urgent responses to China’s growing power – which we will soon have an opportunity to make

The Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy gives us the chance to act coherently and effectively.