Johnny Mercer: Ministers are asking for my vote next week. But I’m asking them for a vision – now.

I, like many colleagues, react badly to the Party’s decision to try and strong-arm me into voting for this deal.

David Simmonds: The case for more investment in early intervention

The long-term dividends for individuals, local services, employers, and the Exchequer can far outweigh initial costs.

“We need a radical shift in the NHS, from a hospital service for the ill, to a service to keep us healthy.” – Hancock’s speech, full text

“Over just the last year, emergency admissions at A&E have increased by 6.6 per cent. This rate of growth of demand is simply unsustainable.”

James Frayne: The new polling which suggests that NHS spending is not enough

Over the last couple of years in groups I’ve run, people have become simultaneously more obsessed about the service and more concerned about waste.

Greg Hands: Aid can have huge benefits. But it must be properly managed – and suspended when necessary.

This is why I fully supported the Government’s decision to halt direct funding worth £4 million to the Zambian government over allegations of corruption.

Robert Halfon: Here’s the Worker’s Budget we need next week

In the second article of our mini-series, the Harlow MP calls for a relentless focus on the cost of living, a skills-based economy, social injustices and affordable housing.

Mark Stockwell: The plastics ban. It may go down well at middle-class dinner parties. But it won’t tackle the real environmental issues.

The Government should resist Defra’s enthusiasm for bans and emphasise public education, plus the enforcement of existing anti-littering laws, instead.

James Frayne: The route to a Conservative election victory lies through Middlesbrough, not Canterbury

That doesn’t mean the Party needs to move right; on the contrary, it means accommodating on issues such as the NHS.

Vicky Ford: Plastic pollution is a poverty issue – and Britain can make a difference

The last in a series of three extracts from a new book of essays from Conservative Friends of International Development and Save the Children.

Ben Spencer: I’m an NHS consultant psychiatrist. And can tell you that this talk of a mental health epidemic is doing real harm.

I worry that some are now trying to protect young people from all stress, any risk of failure, and the whole range of normal human emotions.

Andrew Mitchell: If Trump’s America can hold the Saudis to account for their actions in Yemen, then so can we

At present, with the public support of their UK allies, there are few consequences for the Saudi-Emirati-led Coalition when they bomb children.

Andy Street: Here in the West Midlands, there’s a new kind of politics developing. We call it Urban Conservatism. And it’s winning.

Our new fortnightly columnist on a renaissance which “through teamwork and shared vision, is producing real results”.

Nicky Morgan: Let Hammond and the Treasury lead our Conservative programme for national renewal

Levels of trust between Numbers 10 and 11 Downing Street may be low, but the latter holds the key to helping create an economy and society that works for everyone.

Sponsored Post: Mark Pawsey: Brexit could be a victory for vaping and public health

E-cigarettes are a great innovation for public health, but they are threatened by bad EU regulation.

Robert Halfon: Please, please free me from Brexit Groundhog Day Brexit Groundhog Day Brexit Groundhog Day…

Plus: The train of communism stalls but the train of conservatism stutters. And: Tackling Burning Injustices does not mean taxing milkshakes.