The Conservatives: not the Party of “f*ck business”, but not the Party of blind obedience to big business, either

Prioritising large over small, or current businesses over future businesses, would hurt workers, consumers, taxpayers, investors and the nation.

Robert Halfon: We need a workers’ party that’s like a modern trade union – not a trivial Nando’s scheme.

We must change our organisation, making it more democratic, accessible for the lower paid and a place in which the most disadvantaged can feel at home.

John Glen: How the Government is cracking down on loan sharks

As Conservatives, we have a duty to protect and defend people who have historically been left without access to legal credit.

James Frayne: To contest big state ideas, small state conservatives need to get to grips with the detail

They must also rediscover the interests of the consumer – and be better at engaging working class voters on social issues.

Bradley Horsley: Craft Beer – conservatism in a pint glass

Unlike the big brand lagers, each brew is made in smaller quantities and aims to be different. Essentially, they offer more choice to the consumer.

Iain Dale: Will the price of an EU deal be French-made blue passports and Spanish boats in British waters?

Plus: The Whips need to get a grip. I greet the recovery of the pound. I fear for the future of our high streets.

John Penrose: There’s a free market-friendly solution to energy price caps

Let’s not set the prices, but instead the gap between the ultra-competitive deals for switchers and the tariffs for loyal customers.

Elizabeth Truss: We must have the confidence to chart a course based on the values of freedom

Free enterprise has huge benefits. But more than that, it is intensely democratic, open and diverse – breaking down monopolies, hierarchies and outdated practices.

Charlie Elphicke: How to ensure the UK is ready to become a powerhouse of global trade

First we must ensure that we fully regain control of trade policy from Brussels. Then we must ensure we put those new powers to their fullest use.

John Glen: Our ban on credit and debit card surcharging comes in today

The crucial point is that consumers will be fully informed of how much something will cost before they get to the very end of the checkout process.

Robert Buckland: “We must speak the language of opportunity”. His lecture on Tory revival. Full text.

“The language should be that of giving people their chance to succeed and of being on their side – a “people politics” that many practice locally but which must be scaled up.”

Julian Sturdy: To give farmers a fair deal, the remit of the Groceries Code Adjudicator should be extended

The current situation is not sustainable, and undermines competition and business development in the food sector to the detriment of both consumers and producers.

Stuart Jackson: Why it’s time for a relative energy price cap

It would achieve real competition, incentivise efficiency and bring prices down for the majority (companies would be forced to compete for new customers or wither fast).

Charlie Elphicke: Ready on Day One to trade with the world

The final article in the author’s five-piece series on how Britain must prepare for March 31 2019 – and has less than 600 days to get it right.

Warwick Lightfoot: The right post-Brexit farming policy could unleash agricultural innovation and lighten the load on consumers

Reform must be phased, to allow farmers to adapt, but it will pay dividends.