Victoria Borwick: We must invest in the next generation to cut knife crime

These opportunities and options should start far earlier in children’s lives, enabling a twin-track of skills training.

Louise Calland: To win in London, the Conservatives need a positive message for the thirty-somethings

Building new houses on brownfield sites, incentivising working from home, and supporting the expansion of cycle hire schemes should be on our agenda.

Shaun Bailey: London needs a mayor who is focused on the job of tackling crime

This key responsibility isn’t just a question about resources. It’s also about attitude and delivery.

Stephen Greenhalgh: Khan is showing a lack of ambition to defeat knife crime

When Johnson was Mayor, challenging performance targets were set – and a credible plan implemented to ensure they were achieved.

Rachel Wolf: How even the perception of a knife crime crisis will make good schools no go zones once again

In general, it is right that schools should remove children that are a danger to others and who are preventing other children from learning.

Nick de Bois: The evidence and expertise exists to drive down knife crime – we need the political will to use it

Theresa May co-authored a report in 2012 which identified key lessons from a notable success story. Seven years later, why has so little been done?

Judy Terry: Arts subsidies are too Londoncentric

Huge funds are handed over to prestige schemes in the capital. But modest funds for projects elsewhere would provide better value.

Thomas Turrell: To succeed in London, the Conservatives need to offer a better deal to renters

Rent control is not the answer. But we must ensure that deposits owed are promptly repaid and that rogue landlords are exposed.

The selection of Conservative candidates for the London Assembly gets under way

Shortlists have been chosen for London South West and for Croydon and Sutton. The elections take place next year.

Thomas Mawson: Khan is wrong to claim “the arguments for rent control are overwhelming”

The experience of San Francisco was that the policy caused the supply of available rental housing to be reduced by 15 per cent.

Andy Street: Beneficial, healthier, better. Our West Midlands plan to get people out of cars and on to cycles.

“We want to kick-starting a transport revolution that steers our population towards healthier ways of getting from A to B.”

Nabil Najjar and Alan O’Kelly: London Conservatives need a strong campaign for the Assembly candidates too

Prominence must be given to the whole team. We must take the chance to build up our activist base throughout the capital.

Alison Cork: To flourish, the retail sector in London needs the chance to adapt

Why not build more co-working spaces into large retail units, to fit modern lifestyles? Places like Pret A Manger already double as mobile offices for many people.

Shaun Bailey: London just isn’t working for everyone. We need a Mayor who will help it to do so.

Our concerns aren’t in Europe, or America. They’re local. They’re at the end of our road. We are worried about the dire state of crime, housing and air quality.

Stephen Greenhalgh: The Conservatives need a stronger crime-fighting agenda for the capital

We must bring in the technology to allow frontline police officers to carry scanners which enable them to detect knives and guns beneath clothing