Charlie Elphicke: We need a fair deal for drivers – and a cut in fuel duty

A 3p reduction would create 8,000 more jobs.

How Trump will help May to bury “Vote blue, go green”

Trump’s opposition to the climate change consensus will aid her aim of helping households which are struggling to pay their energy bills.

Peter Lilley: Ten years on, the Stern Review’s failures still need to be exposed

It was not an exercise in evidence-based policy-making but the most egregious example of policy-based evidence making.

Alex Morton: A message to the Prime Minister – we still need a smaller state.

What stands in the way of the homes, jobs and savings proclaimed on the masthead of this site is not a state that’s too liberal, but one that’s not liberal enough.

James Frayne: The four big issues Downing Street needs to fix

May’s team have got off to a good start, but as they take stock after conference some early challenges are clearly taking shape.

Mother Theresa

At the heart of her speech was not so much a new interventionism as a Church-formed moralism, a sense of public service – and a Good Samaritan Moment.

Laura Sandys: The Green Investment Bank must not lose its way when privatised

The Bank has a crucial role to play both in our low-carbon economy and the wider industrial strategy.

Ed Cox: The Northern Powerhouse powers on

Osborne launches his new think-tank today, and the project that he championed will continue – though with differences.

James Heappey: May is right to give Hinkley the green light

We have to make the right decisions today to keep the lights on in ten years’ time, and nuclear is vital as we transition to clean energy.

John Lindberg: To save Britain’s nuclear future, the Prime Minister must drop Hinkley

The project is both a gift to the anti-nuclear brigade and testament to the industry’s failure to embrace cutting-edge technology.

May decisions for autumn. 2) Hinkley Point and Heathrow expansion. What’s the policy?

The way British politics and planning mix tends to push infrastructure decisions into the long grass.

Lower energy bills. New homes. More (and better schools). Less low-skilled migration. The tests that May’s social reform must pass.

The new Government can’t realistically aim to target its programme on everyone. To govern is to choose.

Sam Hall: Home improvements could give consumers control over their energy bills

Following the vote to leave the EU, there is considerable economic uncertainty. Upgrading the energy consumption of our homes would be a quick and easy stimulus.

If the Chinese aren’t trusted to build new nuclear, the money must still be found from somewhere

We need new generating capacity to keep the lights on.

Tomos Davies: It’s time to trumpet tidal power

The Government should adopt this proven, reliable technology that would inject billions into struggling coastal communities.