Garvan Walshe: South Korea, Taiwan and Germany gained from mass testing. Why have we been so slow?

Britain cannot afford to take so long to incorporate international lessons as the epidemic progresses.

Lagarde, von der Leyen and Merkel have all failed to take charge of Europe’s response to the virus

Nation states can act decisively when they wish to do so: the EU seems paralysed.

James Blagden: How to level up – and get growth going across the whole of the country

We can’t continue to favour projects such as Crossrail over developing infrastructure in other parts of the country which generate much greater relative returns.

As the coronavirus spreads, Hancock is endangered by twin perils – complacency and panic

At the least, we can expect reduced growth worldwide – and a more expansionary Budget next month.

Neil O’Brien: How the Conservatives can do better with younger voters. And remain a compassionate party.

After crushing Labour last year, it might be tempting to rest on our laurels. But we need to act now to keep the extreme left locked out of Number 10.

Robert Ward and Alan Burns: Councils that declare a “climate emergency” engage in scaremongering, not practical action

The current media narrative links every wrinkle in the weather with dire predictions of imminent Armageddon. The young especially are being convinced that the end is nigh.

Tony Lodge: Britain’s dirty emissions secret – carbon leakage. Here’s what it is and how to tackle it.

We must now consider targeting particular carbon intensive goods and power supplies which are imported and carry a large transport and transmission footprint.

Liam Fox: Why Britain and the EU can reach a trade deal this year

Harmonisation flies in the face of global trends towards equivalence rather than the highly legalistic regulatory formula favoured by the Union.

Saqib Bhatti: Openness, transparency, freedom. Lodestars for our future on the day when we leave the EU

We must maintain our pro-enterprise agenda to cement our status as being a place where both businesses and investors can thrive.

Alan Mak: Five new policies to ensure that post-Brexit Britain leads the Fourth Industrial Revolution

This is the final article in a three-part series on using technology to boost our economy after Brexit.

We need strategic clarity. What poses the greater danger to Britain – Iranian aggression abroad or Sunni extremism here?

Johnson, Macron and Merkel don’t agree on everything, but they share a common concern about ISIS now being allowed the space to revive.

Ryan Shorthouse and Anvar Sarygulov: We need more migrants to become citizens

Doing so would improve social integration, enhance the contribution that migrants make, and allay public discontent over immigration.

Tom Tugendhat: The three foreign policy actions that Johnson should take now that he has this huge majority

For the first time in decades the levers of British influence – defence, diplomacy, aid and trade – could sit alongside domestic efforts in education and infrastructure.

Stephen Booth: An inconvenient truth for Remainers and Leavers alike. This was the result that the EU wanted.

Leo Varadkar summed it up by saying, “I think it’s a positive thing that we have a decisive outcome in Britain.”

The truth about the NHS

Or: what would happen to the service once Corbyn ran out of other people’s money – which is needed to fund it.