Philip Booth: It’s too soon to write off Britain’s newly competitive university system

Right-wing critics of the higher education sector have not given recent reforms a chance to take effect.

Daniel Hannan: Prejudice against fat people is a snobbery of the Left

The underlying motive for this tradition, though now often dressed up in quasi-medical language, is as much aesthetic as sanitary.

Sponsored Post: Derek Webb: The bookies’ trade body desperately attacks the Centre for Social Justice over its FOBT report

My Campaign for Fairer Gambling will continue to press for stakes to be capped at £2.

Freeman’s definitely non-Glastonbury-style Conservative ideas festival

Party Conference is, as he puts it, “increasingly corporate, expensive [and] exclusive”. So here is his first shot at something different.

Sophie Sandor: You want better state schools? Then let them make a profit.

If everyone had the opportunity to attend a private school then, by definition, they couldn’t be elite.

Think tanks’ verdict on the manifesto: a good start on generational justice, but weak on the public finances

The Centre for Policy Studies, Institute of Economic Affairs, Bright Blue, and others give their verdict on the Conservatives’ programme for government.

Julian Jessop: Why holiday prices shouldn’t be capped during school breaks

The industry is highly competitive and can’t afford to subsidise peak-time travel. If prices don’t ration a finite number of packages, something else will.

Philip Booth: Hayek has much to teach the Conservatives

His work provides a firm intellectual foundation for restoring the common law and passing power back to citizens and social institutions.

Think tanks’ verdict: A generally grudging welcome to a dull budget for turbulent times.

Bright Blue, the Institute of Economic Affairs, the Resolution Foundation and others give their views.

Ryan Bourne: The Tories are getting it wrong on childcare

OECD analysis indicates that the cost of childcare as a percentage of income for a two-earner family is now the highest in the developed world.

Housing. We need a Macmillan-style drive to build new homes – even if it means loosening the Green Belt

Javid’s plans are shaping up to be a last-ditch attempt to hit his target within the constraints of the present system.

“A missed opportunity.” “Spending barely trimmed.” It’s a thumbs-down for the Chancellor from centre-right think tanks

The Centre for Social Justice applauds the Universal Credit changes. But praise elsewhere is thin.

Simon Richards: May is right about Brexit – but dead wrong about extending state power

All Conservative Party members who believe that a smaller state is the best route to prosperity should speak out in defence of that principle.

Alex Morton: The Left builds third party support. If May can’t do so too, her government will fail.

Officials, advisers and Ministers will always need external expertise: what we need are conservative-minded experts.

Christopher Snowdon: Britain is amongst the EU’s most meddlesome nanny states

Only ten years ago we’d have been mid-table, but since 2007 single-issue campaigners have struck a string of blows against lifestyle freedom.