Andy Street: What’s needed to make the West Midlands the world centre for electric cars

This hugely important industry is undergoing rapid change. For the region that created the golden age of motoring, that’s an opportunity.

Alan Mak: Conservatism 4.0 – Adapting our Party for the Fourth Industrial Revolution is our greatest challenge

The battlegrounds of the next election, as well as the wider economy, are being shaped by new technology.

Ed Hall: We can win back car manufacturers if we adapt to the huge changes overtaking the industry

Both traditional vehicles and traditional ownership patterns are set to become a thing of the past. We must not let Brexit cloud our eyes to what really need to be done.

Stewart Jackson: Mendacity, duplicity, subterfuge and misjudgement. How I saw an establishment coup wreck a clean Brexit.

Number Ten has been desperate from the start that we must remain in the Customs Union – and endure a kind of semi-skimmed faux Brexit.

Chris Walker: Supercharged Free Ports, the visionary way to boost the north of England’s economy

In a balanced economy, the north would produce around £70 billion more. Here is one way to help close that gap.

Iain Dale: May has recovered her position

Plus: investment increasing, Heseltine declining. Listen to Farage – especially if you disagree with him. And: Activate sounds like dermatological face cream.

Sanjoy Sen: If ever a company needed an industrial strategy, Tata does

Since it bought British Steel ten years ago it has faced challenge after challenge.

Chris Grayling: Progress on the HS2 route is a reminder that we are getting on with the hard decisions

Meanwhile, Labour continue to oppose progress at every turn.

Mark Garnier: Labour’s reaction to the Nissan news shows they put self-interest ahead of British jobs

Why are they incapable of welcoming such good news?

WATCH: Clark: This is a big moment. Not just for Nissan. But for the people of Sunderland. And for the country

‘Our objective’, the Secretary of State says, ‘would be to ensure that we have continued access to the markets in Europe — and vice versa — without tariffs’