Andrew Green: Labour’s new immigration policy is a recipe for serious social tension

Diane Abbott is trying to forge an alliance between immigrant communities and an employer’s lobby keen to import labour.

Nick Hargrave: Yes, I compiled an attack dossier on Johnson. But at best, there’s a real purpose to opposition research.

It works best when painting a substantive contrast on issues that voters care about. And here are four strategic choices for the Conservatives.

Penny Mordaunt: The twelve new rules of politics

Ideas and vision are necessary, but they are not sufficient. People need to see results and to achieve them they need to take part.

James Frayne: The voters most enthusiastic about state action on childhood obesity are…Conservative ones

So new research suggests. Private businesses must take at least as much responsibility for this state of affairs as Tory politicians.

Iain Dale: Where is the cutting edge to the BBC’s business coverage?

Plus: Norcott and Brandreth triumph at Edinburgh. Turnbull and Dutton circle in Australia. And: Corbyn’s shoddy copy of the Trump playbook.

Liam Fox: We must seize our exporting future in a changing world

Our new Export Strategy, which I am launching today, will put in place the tools that businesses have told us they need to help them on their journey.

Henry Smith: Why our ancient counties need preserving

While Lancashire is in the main in Lancashire, Wigan is both in and not in, like a Schrödinger county cat.

Lockwood Smith: Britain has a golden chance to join the biggest free trade agreement in history. But Chequers is likely to wreck it.

The “Common Rulebook” approach is an ostacle to signing up to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership.

Graham Jones: In West Berkshire, we will not shirk hard decisions for the sake of mushy populism

Despite our budget being cut, we have achieved bold reforms with libraries, children’s services, broadband roll out and business rates retention. We are open for business.

There’s a case for an ‘Amazon tax’, but it isn’t saving the high street

The online retail revolution has brought more convenience and lower prices to millions. Fighting it is an unworthy mission for a pro-consumer party.

James Arnell: No Deal 4) An outward-looking, global UK

We re-run the author’s series on what might be done for the UK to be Ready on Day One.

Sponsored Post: Mike Moser: The EFRA committee’s fur inquiry recommends a pragmatic way forward

Those who wish to wear fur and those who do not will both benefit from clearer labelling of fur products, backed up with stronger enforcement.

Sam Dumitriu: Reform business rates to increase entrepreneurship

They are rated as the taxes which are most harmful to rates of enterprise, above all others. We would all gain from improving how they work.

Tony Williams: In Blackpool, the greatest challenge is anti-social behaviour

Aggressive begging has discouraged people from visiting the town centre. The Labour Council has failed to deal with the problem.

Nicky Morgan: Once again, we split over Europe. Once again, we undermine our leader. We Conservatives are set to repeat the same failed cycle. Will we never learn?

We are re-proving that ‘we learn from history that we do not learn from history’.