Anand Menon and Matt Bevington: Will Johnson really be able to level up?

Our research with low-income voters in some of these areas revealed that many are not expecting miracles. They simply want better local services.

Ryan Bourne: Calm down, stay cool – and drop this talk of tax rises. It’s too early to know how everything will settle down.

It’s baffling why think-tanks are taking the OBR assessments as truth, given its prediction record.

Richard Holden: This week’s spending review must show voters in Red Wall seats like mine that they were right to trust us

It’s vital that on education, policing and infrastructure, as much clarity is given as possible to departments as possible in terms of long-term funding.

Nick King: Johnson’s Reset. The Government needs business if it’s to build back better.

The final article in ConHome’s series on the Prime Minister’s Reset Moment – and what should follow from it.

Nick Hillman: Three options for higher education. Less support for students, fewer of them – or else they pay more

If if the higher education sector must take some further pain in the spending review, then the last option is the least bad.

Edward Davies: Work and relationships are the core components of mental health. The lockdown has damaged both.

The third in our mini-series of pieces from the Centre for Social Justice on the virus – and helping those in deep poverty.

Frank Young: Educational Long Covid. Why the collapse of schooling over lockdown will haunt the poor for years to come.

The second in our mini-series of pieces from the Centre for Social Justice on the virus – and helping those in deep poverty.

Andy Cook: To help reduce mass unemployment, back up Universal Credit with Universal Support

The first in a mini-series of pieces from the Centre for Social Justice on Covid-19 – and helping those in deep poverty.

Introducing a series this week on ConservativeHome with the Centre for Social Justice about the pandemic and fairness

We need a long-term poverty strategy and a Social Justice Cabinet Committee. And here’s a Christmas holiday plan for childrens’ food.

Matt Vickers: I know from experience why the retail sector matters. So have your say on rates today.

Ae consultation on the issue is taking evidence now – and terms of reference for a review will be published in the Budget.

Our campaign for Government assessments of lockdown effects on lives and livelihoods begins to pay off

If this morning’s reports are correct, Sunak should be congratulated for starting to take action.

Andy Street: It’s time to accept that HS2 is a done deal – part of caring for livelihoods as well as lives in our region

As the short-term economy comes under immense strain, we should support the UK’s biggest single long-term investment.

Pressure rises on Ministers to publish assessments of the impact of lockdowns, restrictions – and Covid itself

We urged the Government last week to do so. Others are also on the case – and the Daily Mail this morning publishes its own findings.

Ryan Bourne: Johnson’s green jobs. Subsidy-reliant, expensive, price-raising. And a job loser elsewhere.

We should judge the desirability of a pro-wind energy policy by the social value added, not the numbers employed in the sector.

Matthew Oakley: Levelling up. We need to measure it in order to deliver it – and know that it’s worked

The first report of a new commission finds that disparities are just as apparent within regions, cities and towns as they are between them.