John Penrose: Why we need a new rule to balance the budget

This fiscal rule would leave governments free to borrow for infrastructure investments – but day-to-day spending would be paid through your and my taxes.

David Hare: To help ensure better healthcare, politicians must make the case for the NHS internal market

The public are consistently reported as being entirely relaxed about who provides their care. What matters is that it is high quality and free at the point of use.

Jeremy Hunt: On its 70th anniversary, we must not let the left claim the NHS

Our new, outcome-focused, and patient-centric plans fit into a long tradition of careful Conservative stewardship of the Health Service.

Robert Halfon: What Hunt has done for the NHS, Hinds must do for schools. We need textbooks, not tanks.

Plus: beware of claims that we’ve reached Peak Corbyn. Don’t raise fuel duty. Scrap hospital car parking charges. And: Hands keeps his promises.

Daniel Hannan: Higher taxes, spending bungs, pay caps, gender quotas. Is this really the brave new Brexit Britain we want?

What changed? When did we lose the global vocation that infused the Cabinet, Leavers and Remainers alike, two years ago?

Iain Dale: My hunch is that employers will pay for this NHS spending spree

Plus: Shame on the Conservative whips. And away with Julian Assange: most of us would happily pay his airfare.

Kieran Mullan: Learning the right lessons from the horrors at Gosport

Individuals must be held account. It is the least we owe the relatives and patients. But we should be precise and forensic in focusing on areas where further reforms can make the most impact.

James Frayne: The NHS spending announcement should be a medium-term winner for the Conservatives

There is zero chance that the public are going to back any meaningful reform of the service any time soon.

James Price: More borrowing and higher taxes are not the only – or even the best – way to free up more money for the NHS.

But some of the reforms listed above would improve the quality of healthcare, save money and set the service on a more long-term footing.

Dominic Cummings, NHS hero

The Vote Leave director is the onlie begetter of this cashfest. But we’ve said it before and say it again: Britain can’t tax its way to prosperity – or a better health service.

Howard Flight: Our ageing population makes it almost inevitable that we will one day have to contribute towards our healthcare

The alternative is endlessly loading more costs onto the young via taxation, when they are already significantly worse off than their parents.

Andrew Green: Staffing the NHS properly requires more training – not endless immigration

We already have one of the highest proportions of foreign-trained doctors in Europe – 29 per cent compared to less than 10 per cent for France and Germany.

Iain Dale: It’s a year today since the election reverse which has left May adrift.

Plus: The Government gets airports wrong and Burnham gets rail wrong. And: a miserable PMQs for Tory MPs.

Eric Pickles: Netanyahu is in Britain. And the Duke of Cambridge will visit Israel – a sign that the two countries are drawing even closer.

But it is important to acknowledge that there are growing concerns within Israel about the rise of antisemitism in Britain.

Iain Stewart: The railways have moved on. Now fares and ticketing must do so too.

I welcome the rail industry’s and Transport Focus’ efforts in grasping the nettle and tackling this issue.