John Glen: We want high standards for financial services. That’s not the same as derailing our competitiveness agenda.

I was surprised to see Daniel Hannan argue that the Government is failing to distance itself from the EU.

If the Government wants to get on with Brexit de-regulation, it needs to put ministers clearly in charge

Since Frost’s departure as Brexit Minister, there’s been little hint of who’s going to ‘take back control’ of the regulatory brief.

Sarah Ingham: The Government’s Covid response could soon register as the biggest public policy disaster in Britain’s history

As with the Iraq War, the public is none too appreciative when it realises it has been misled, not least thanks to dodgy data.

Chris Wilford: Tax has grabbed the headlines. But post-EU, it’s regulation that the UK urgently needs to reform.

Let’s slow things down, ensure a more joined up approach, and co-create policy with business to get back on track.

Daniel Hannan: Distracted and passive, the Government has yet to grasp the full advantages of Brexit

Our columnist provides the second piece in our series this week about Brexit – almost a year since the end of transition.

Mitchell Goldie: Along with MPs, parliamentary staff need better protection as they go about their work

I and many others have had to have difficult conversations with our loved ones about the danger posed to us because of the jobs we do.

Benedict Rogers: Leaders have 24 hours to send a clear message to the CCP on its human rights abuses

The international community must set out consequences for Beijing’s flagrant breaches of international treaties.

Emily Carver: The EU’s botched vaccine rollout showed the limits of the precautionary principle. Global Britain, take note.

The Government should implement a binding innovation principle to unleash the UK economy.

Daniel Hannan: The City was always going to survive post-Brexit. But now we must diverge from EU rules, and allow it to prosper.

Brexit doesn’t just allow the City to make its regulatory regime more competitive; it obliges it to do so.

Tom Hunt: Soft sentencing is causing voters to lose faith in the justice system. And it’s up to the Government to put it right.

When it comes to law and order, it is undeniable that our voters are in favour of firm policies to tackle crime and antisocial behaviour.

David Lidington: My friend David Gauke is wrong. Liberal Tories should still feel at home in the Conservative Party.

Our electoral success has rested in large measure on an ability and willingness to adapt to the realities of social and economic change.

Luke Eales: Will there be a radical overhaul in the Government’s approach to gambling?

With more people at home and severely restricted, the pandemic has exacerbated regulatory concerns about betting and gaming.

Iain Duncan Smith: Here’s to a quiet success in the struggle against the virus – the resilience and robustness of Universal Credit

The system has been able to withstand the enormous pressures of this pandemic, with more than 1.5 million new claims processed.

The revolt over Huawei is bigger than it looks. It spells trouble for the Prime Minister over security, defence, and veterans.

Troublemaking Tories are no bad thing as the UK moves forward with its 5G contract.

Election Battlegrounds 9) London

All three parties have a middling band of targets – what leaps out is how so many Cameron-era gains now seem out of the Tories’ reach.