Richard Sloggett: There will be no levelling up for Britain if there’s no levelling up for health. Here’s a plan to deliver it.

The pandemic has regularly pitched the economy and health on different sides of the policy response. This is a false choice.

Robert Ede and Sean Phillips: The Government faces an election run-up monopolised by reports of NHS waiting times and delays

The third in a mini-series of articles on ConHome this week about healthcare after Covid.

Cem Kemahli: Vaccination would be even more of a success were it not for problems with data

The borough, GPs and the NHS knows that the figures are wrong. But without someone to clean the information or update the systems, we will struggle.

Ryan Bourne: We can never be certain of the costs and benefits of lockdowns

Overall, I still think that their re-use in the UK after the summer lull is evidence of the failure of the Government to think on the right margins.

Jonathan Clark: In the post-pandemic world, both teacher assessments and public exams will fade away

The second in a mini-series of pieces on ConHome this week about schools after Covid.

Caroline Abrahams: Carers need a combination of support to fulfil their vital role – here’s how the Government can play its part

In the wake of International Women’s Day, the fifth article in a five-piece series on ConservativeHome this week.

Are Johnson and Sunak preparing the way for a snap election in 2023?

The Budget was, if truly honest, a sign that the Government shuns spending cuts and embraces tax rises – which is ultimately unsustainable.

The Budget should be a big reset moment for post-Brexit, post-Covid Britain. It risks being lost amidst a rush to tax rises.

It will probe whether or or not Sunak can prepare the country for that future – and perhaps succeed Johnson himself, “one fine day”.

Philippa Stroud: A new department, a new approach? How the revised Foreign Office should recast our aid policy.

Success is most common where donors have focused in terms of the countries with whom they work on a long-term basis.

Parliament should vote monthly from March on ending the lockdown

The most important question today isn’t whether the Government’s plan is right or wrong, but how decisions should be made about it.

Neil O’Brien: The NHS and jobs. Family and community. Indispensable means of boosting our mental health.

It’s welcome that we’re investing much more in services.  But we need to tackle the causes too.

Stephen O’Brien: The challenge of converting world-class research into British economic success. Here’s an example than works.

We should double down on Product Development Partnerships, which are alive and well in the field of public health.

Ben Howlett: Hancock must seize this opportunity for health and social care reform

Plans to formally integrate these two spheres are long overdue – so the Government must ensure it gets it right and does not neglect digital.

Ryan Bourne: The lifting of lockdown. Yes to prudence but no to pessimism. The projections of these gloomy scientists seem absurd.

If first dose efficacy proves strong, the Prime Minister will have to break with those who fail to think about the marginal costs and benefits of shutdowns.

Downing Street’s reshuffle sees Symonds’ grip tighten

We hope that Finn, Newman and the rest of the new appointees provide a fresh sense of direction and purpose.