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.

Iain Duncan Smith: We must face hard truths about homegrown extremism

This problem may have started abroad, but it is now here, in our own society. It must be dealt with.

Heresy of the week: Fairness is a Conservative concept

Fundamentally, fairness is about the desire for a moral order.

Unemployment falls again

Voters may suspect that Conservatives only care about those at the top – but falling unemployment helps those stuck at the bottom.

Labour’s delay of Universal Credit would cost the taxpayer money

Labour’s main criticism seems to be that the scheme is running behind schedule – their answer is a further three month delay

Cllr John Moss: The lessons from Waltham Forest

All those who voted UKIP achieved was the election of two Labour Councillors.

Prime Minister Ken Clarke and other absurd fantasies

Would a Conservative Party led by him have beaten UKIP?

George Osborne has misunderstood the politics and economics of welfare reform

The long-term effects of Osborne’s slash-and-burn approach to welfare are less certain than IDS’s more considered approach.

David Burrowes MP: WWWD – What would Wilberforce do?

As Tim Montgomerie said, “compassionate conservatives must be the agents of rescue – not just for indebted or sick economies, but for broken people too”.