Mohammed Amin: It is time to abandon the word “Islamophobia”

It is damaged beyond repair by poor definitions, confusion and misuse. The term harms Muslims.

Andy Street: In the West Midlands, inclusion is more than a buzzword. It’s turning our diversity into a strength.

It is a sad and all-too-obvious fact that most of the decision makers I meet in my role as Mayor are people who look like me.

Joel Charles: The hard left must not be allowed to win the ground war

A clear campaign narrative that balances local and national priorities is crucial. Engage with community groups. Select candidates early. Use social media to complement, not replace, campaigning.

Mohammed Amin: When does criticising Islam morph into inciting hatred of Muslims?

I personally don’t care if someone burns a copy of the Quran, provided they bought it and do so without creating a fire or smoke hazard. But it is illegal in the UK.

Daniel Coughlan: Thirty years on from Thatcher’s ‘Sermon on the Mound’, faith is sadly excluded from public discourse

She spoke unashamedly of her religious beliefs, in a way that would sound shocking in today’s impoverished political culture.

State-funded Muslim schools. The elephant in the classroom.

The controversy over lifting the cap on new faith schools is not confined to Catholic ones. Hinds has a knotty problem to untangle.

Catholic schools, transgendered people – and a missing Conservative equalities policy

Over time, proposals have either been denounced as politically correct nonsense, or embraced with an enthusiastic “me, too”-ism. Neither approach is exactly rigorous.

Leon Spence: Labour’s threat to faith schools

The far Left offer as much vitriol to Christians as to Conservatives.

The Liberal Democrat parrot. Not quick, not dead, but moulting feathers.

A key problem for Farron’s party is that Labour is competitive among young people – many of whom have not forgiven it for tuition fees.

In this election, Christians should deploy the power of the cross

That the pursuit of Farron was legitimate doesn’t mean that they, or anyone else, should feel happy about it – or the bigger trends of which it was part.

Why the Right should make its peace with the State

It is not so much like a parent or a nanny as a brother. Not Big Brother, to be sure, but Little Brother – to be treated both with sibling rivalry and understated love.

The treatment of Catholic schools is a “burning injustice” – a wrong that May is now set to right

But her decision and other recent ones also raise the question of whether Ministers really hold sway in their own departments.

The wit and wisdom of Nick Timothy. 11) The laws that govern faith schools discriminate against Catholics

“The rule should be replaced by a legal duty on faith schools to ensure that their pupils mix with children of other backgrounds.”

Interview. Crabb on his “party and national unity candidacy”. And why we need a One Nation Government that gets on with Brexit.

“I think that I’m somebody with a strong grasp of some of the social and economic divisions in our country and with a sense of direction for the future.”

Nick Timothy: Faith schools can bring our divided communities together

The Government’s admissions rule for faith-designated free schools is effectively discriminatory against Roman Catholics.