Build Back Nothing

The Government should apply the same energy it has towards achieving Net Zero on Getting Housing Done.

Graham Baldwin: Levelling up? Modern universities are leading the way

Academic institutions have revived towns and cities, spreading opportunity and reskilling the workforce, among other benefits.

Charlotte Gill’s Podcasts Review 2) Camilla Tominey with Liz Truss, Jack Blanchard with Lee Cain, Katy Balls with Dehenna Davison

In this feature, we look at some of the most memorable podcasts of the last few weeks.

Richard Holden: Why are we still shackled by EU rules that force investment abroad?

Essentially, the Solvency 2 regulations make it difficult for our pensions and insurance firms to invest in long-term, secure, fixed assets in the UK.

WATCH: In conversation with Liz Truss

Anand Menon of UK in a Changing Europe interviews the Foreign Secretary as part of ConHome’s fringe programme.

WATCH: Trusting the People: a mission for our Party in power

Michael Gove, Jerome Mayhew, Nick Timothy and more join us to discuss the mission of the New Social Covenant Unit.

WATCH: Escaping North Korea – In conversation with Jihyun Park

She tells our editor about her remarkable journey from escaping a communist dictatorship to standing for election in Bury.

WATCH: Countering anti-semitism – a front line in the struggle against extremism

Our conference event with Robert Jenrick, Dave Rich of the Community Security Trust and Danny Stone of the AntiSemitism Policy Trust.

Andrew Gimson’s Conference sketch: Johnson brings Merry England politics to the big stage

But what will be remembered from this brilliant comic performance in which he asserted his personal primacy? Not much, perhaps.

“Levelling up works for the whole country” – the Prime Minister’s conference speech in full

“It takes the pressure off parts of the overheating South East while offering hope and opportunity to those areas that have felt left behind.”

WATCH: “We will enable more and more young people to share the dream of home ownership” – Johnson

The PM attacked Labour’s preference for “levelling down…They like decapitating the tall poppies and taxing the rich till the pip squeaks.”

A tale of two conferences – and the start of overdue debate about our economic future

The auditorium may be dull but the fringe is not – as questions from our past haunt the future, such as: will the productivity gains come?

WATCH LIVE: In Conversation with Anne-Marie Trevelyan

Mark Wallace interviews the International Trade Secretary – looking at what she plans for her new role, and the opportunities of the UK’s trade strategy.

WATCH LIVE: In conversation with Liz Truss

Prof Anand Menon interviews the new Foreign Secretary about the role and meaning of Global Britain, and her political philosophy.

Andrew Gimson’s Conference sketch: Patel shows the Tory faithful her heart is in the right place

But the Home Secretary found it harder to show that she knows how to stop the people smugglers in the Channel.