David Willetts: Yes, let’s have more white male working class students. And new universities, too – some in the Red Wall.

The final piece in our series on levelling up comes from our fortnightly columnist – as the White Paper looms.

Michael Crick: The Royal Borough of Barrow-in-Furness. How does that sound?

Only nine communities in England have royal status as conferred by the monarch – and none are further north than Sutton Coldfield.

I love my new flat. But I’m also sick of moving. We renters need a Greta Thunberg of the housing crisis.

MPs seem to think ‘it doesn’t affect me, so I’ll think about it later’ when they hear complaints from Generation Rent.

Cem Kemahli: Vaccination would be even more of a success were it not for problems with data

The borough, GPs and the NHS knows that the figures are wrong. But without someone to clean the information or update the systems, we will struggle.

Shaun Bailey: The Mayor of London should build up opportunity – rather than knock down statues

Young black men in London are half as likely to be employed as young white men. Destroying our past won’t help.

Neil O’Brien: Introducing the new Levelling Up Taskforce – and its first report on how we can measure progress

So how do we get more good, high-paying jobs into poorer areas? One specific opportunity relevant in a lot of Red Wall seats is advanced manufacturing.

Felicity Buchan: We need new homes that are safe

If there is to be any positive legacy from the Grenfell fire, it must be that our building and fire safety regime is state of the art.

Neil O’Brien: Five ways to help resolve the housing crisis

If we’re really going solve it and “build better” as Scruton wished then we need massive changes.

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.

Sunder Katwala: Childcare, not Kashmir. Neither Narendra Modi nor Imran Khan are candidates in this election.

Treat claims of a communalist election with suspicion. The evidence suggests that ethnic minority voters prioritise domestic issues over foreign policy ones.

Felicity Buchan selected as Conservative candidate for Kensington

She will take on Emma Dent Coad, who has a majority of 20.

The Australian Liberals know who their target voters are. The Conservatives don’t seem to have a clue.

Amidst the gathering leadership election debate, there is a lack of focus on who such voters are and where they live.

Greg Hammond: Freedom for disruptive technologies v the need for peace and quiet

Clumsy bans are not the answer – but local rules do need to be adapted to cope with Uber, Deliveroo and Airbnb.

Ten local election results to watch for the Tories

How bad is the prognosis for urban Conservatism? Will there be a fightback outside of London? Will the Liberal Democrats show signs of life? Some potential clues.

Victoria Borwick: On knife crime, you can and you must do more, Mr Mayor

The police know where the hot spots are. They must identify the most harmful gang members and can give them a stark choice.