Reform of the Supreme Court will fail without reform in Parliament

New Labour’s project of divesting power from the Commons cannot be reversed unless MPs are prepared to take up those responsibilities again.

Iain Mansfield: Time to Take Back Control – of Whitehall

We argue that the civil service requires significant reform if it is to rise to the challenges facing our society and maximise the opportunities of Brexit.

Julie Marionneau and Richard Ekins: How the next Parliament can reverse the rise of lawfare

This is the second of a three-part ConHome mini-series from Policy Exchange on the judges, public policy and the election.

Richard Ekins: Judicial power and the election. Can the next Parliament reverse the rise of political litigation?

This is the first of a three-part ConHome mini-series from Policy Exchange on the judges, public policy and the election.

John Bald: The legal system – and a book that indoctrinates, not educates

A feminist account declares that judges “decide our laws”. There is no mention of parliament.

Leo Docherty: No other country allows soldiers doing their duty to face perverse legal pursuit

The armed forces do not wish to be above the law. The Human Rights Act has had unforeseen consequences, which have caused injustice.

Iain Mansfield: We must recapture the commanding heights of society from the Left

It has secured an overwhelming dominance. Until or unless this changes, the Right may win elections – but to limited effect.

Ryan Shorthouse: Conservatives should champion human rights, at home and abroad

Faced with the real electoral threat of a nationalising, socialistic Labour Government, these principles should matter and be championed now more than ever.

WATCH: Corbyn opposes any return to Control Orders

“I become quite alarmed when the Prime Minister and others talk about changing our human rights legislation.”

Interview: May – No, we’re not proposing leaving the ECHR. For the moment, we will look “at what else we can do”

But she confirms that Britain is leaving the ECJ’s jurisdiction, and says that there is a very clear choice on Thursday – between “me and Jeremy Corbyn”.

Our survey and the manifesto. How party members ranked the policies – from Brexit to the energy price cap. Full list.

Willingness to leave the EU with no deal, but to pay for specific programmes, is popular. Intervention in businesses and the economy is not.

James Frayne: Four manifesto ideas for the Conservatives which embody the ideals of this column

Over the last year, I’ve set out a number of policy ideas designed to appeal to lower middle class voters. Here are some of them.

Our survey and the manifesto. How party members ranked potential policies – from defence to HS2. Full list.

Keeping the triple lock third from bottom; scrapping the Human Rights Act fifth from top; an energy price cap fourth from bottom.

The Conservative manifesto. Our survey finds that Party members want more homes built – but don’t back energy price caps

Overall, grassroots priorities cut across the stereotype of Tory supporters and suggests that Mayite conservatism has a strong appeal to activists.

May is right to be cautious of big promises on the Human Rights Act

But that doesn’t mean that she can afford to try to run this election on a timid manifesto. This remains the party’s best chance to win a mandate for tough choices.