Chris Thomas: The Government needs a plan to substantiate its ambitious rhetoric on health reforms

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

Jonathan Werran: Why Oxford should be a focal point for post-pandemic and post-Brexit growth

It contributes a tidy £6.75 billion in GVA to the national economy each year as a net contributor to Treasury coffers.

Jimmy McLoughlin: Let’s hear it for entrepreneurs creating the jobs of the future

It’s too easy to focus on cuts at big corporates or changes to traditional jobs, and lose sight of the people reshaping the world of work.

Stephen Booth: Opportunities for an agile, creative Britain from Brexit – as spelt out by former Remainers

Lidington writes that “the UK has the potential to be world-leading in areas such as fintech, life sciences, artificial intelligence and genetic modification”.

Alan Mak: Industrial strategy. Focus narrowly and don’t spread thinly – concentrating on key innovative sectors.

The third piece in a ConHome mini-series this week on industrial strategy after the pandemic.

George Freeman: The industrial strategy reforms I led helped to deliver Britain’s vaccine success. Now for the next phase.

I’m delighted to have been asked to help set up the new Taskforce for Innovation and Growth through Regulatory Reform.

Howard Flight: Venture capital? I’m loving angels instead

Much of our economic growth and job creation comes from innovation from new enterprises. Tax incentives make sense.

Morgan Schondelmeier: State-directed research is no substitute for the marketplace of ideas

The Government is proposing to plough £800 million into copying an idea the US abandoned decades ago. It won’t work.

Alexandra Marsanu: Rather than being paralysed by the doom and gloom, we need to seize the new opportunities

A re-think of how businesses are run and what skills are needed should start sooner rather than later.

Nat Wei: Forget moving Parliament to York. It should go fully virtual and innovate to save money.

Using technological solutions is not only effective but can enhance opportunities for those wanting to get involved in politics.

Join us for our first ever ConservativeHome Live online event with Matt Ridley

Register to put your questions to the best-selling science writer and campaigning peer on Wednesday 10th June.

Garvan Walshe: Why the Government must convert its business Covid-19 support away from debt

When used against an indiscriminate shock like the Coronavirus, it can become a huge weight on the private sector.

Neil O’Brien: Policies for a new Britain – in which the central point for new Tory MPs is the moors on the edge of Sheffield

Can have a bold enough economic policy that people in these newly gained seats can see the difference in five years’ time?

Alan Mak: Conservatism 4.0 – Four freedoms should define our Party in the digital age

We need to give innovators space to succeed (and fail), citizens more power online and off, and keep our country competitive.

“We need a radical shift in the NHS, from a hospital service for the ill, to a service to keep us healthy.” – Hancock’s speech, full text

“Over just the last year, emergency admissions at A&E have increased by 6.6 per cent. This rate of growth of demand is simply unsustainable.”