Nicola Richards: What happened when I explained to Barnier why EU law is no longer supreme in Germany

My run-in with him reinforced the patently obvious – that the Union is lost in a labyrinth of its own denial and dogma.

Introducing Johnson, Hancock and Cummings’ new Red Wall-friendly, Labour-style NHS

The Government is poised to reverse the trend to competition rather than collaboration that has marked healthcare policy for 30 years.

Neil O’Brien: No, more economic prosperity doesn’t depend on more social liberalism

I hesitate to disagree with Daniel Finkelstein, but city growth has been powered more by smalltown commuters than flat-cap wearing uber-boheminans.

Cummings’ skills set

His, Williamson’s and Johnson’s intent to rebalance higher and further education reflects their Red Wall-focused vision – but will it happen?

Rainer Zitelmann: Wealth taxes would be neither popular nor Conservative. Sunak must remember this tomorrow.

Contrary to what members of the Labour Party say, the evidence demonstrates that the public desire for high taxes on the rich is low.

Alan Mak: Reform capital allowances and R&D tax credits to fire up investment and create jobs

This is the second in a three-part series on how to boost our economy after Coronavirus.

Robert Tyler: We need a Margaret Thatcher Foundation for Democracy

The political foundations of other centre-right governments around the world wield significant influence and are powerful tools for foreign policy.

Don’t rule out a second lockdown

The combination of shutdown fever, furlough, Black Lives Matter, summer and the fledgling test and trace system don’t bode well.

Anthony Browne: It’s time to drop the defeatist narrative about Britain and Covid-19. We have had many successes.

The coverage of death rates in this country has been lacking in nuance – leading people to have skewed perceptions of the UK’s performance.

The NHS App. What’s happening with it? And is it really a “fiasco”?

The core of the problem seems to be that both its own system and the Google/Apple alternative pose substantial problems.

Garvan Walshe: How will Netanyahu – the world’s greatest political escapologist – get out of this latest trap?

Trump’s Middle East peace plan has left the Prime Minister of Israel in severe diplomatic difficulties. But there may be a way out.

Union battles, parental resistance and court cases: why the UK isn’t alone across Europe in getting schools to reopen

France and Germany have also met resistance in trying to get children back to the classroom.

Shanker Singham: As Johnson prepares to talk to Von der Leyen, here’s how to end the row over the Northern Ireland protocol

Like it or not, the EU agreed to two customs territories on the island of Ireland – and a solution to the disagreement flows from that fact.

Stephen Booth: Barnier sees the need for compromise. The question is whether EU member states will let him.

He was sent in to play hardball with the UK – on the expectation it would cave into demands. But this assumption has been proven wrong.

Alec Shelbrooke: Next year’s exam season should be postponed – to allow more catch-up time in schools

It would require the willingness of exam boards to adjust their timetables. But with the will to achieve this, it could be done.