May walks a red tape tightrope on workers’ rights and regulations

In trying to find a way across, and to secure the votes she needs from Labour MPs, the Prime Minister risks unintended consequences.

Liz Truss: As Labour’s Conference opens, think long and hard about the damage they would wreak on jobs, wages and tax

They want to bring down the system of free enterprise, and replace it with a committee of Corbyn, McDonnell and Abbott telling us how we should live our lives.

Patrick Minford: More compliance. Lower productivity. Reduced growth. Why we must free ourselves from EU regulation.

If we do, we could reverse at least some of the six per cent hit to GDP it has caused so far. If we don’t, we could continue to lose productivity growth of 0.2 per cent a year.

Steve Davies: Banning touts would not fix the ticket market

Moves to curb or ban resale would replace it with lotteries and black marketeers without even solving the fundamental problems in the market.

Howard Flight: Brexit offers the chance of a renaissance for the City

The alarmism of Osborne and others has proved to be baseless – instead, our existing strengths in financial services position us to grow even stronger.

Owen Paterson: To make Brexit a success, we must break free from the over-taxed, over-regulated European model

That means taking back full control – then using our new-found independence to its greatest possible benefit.

The ghost of Social Chapter policies past haunts the forthcoming Brexit row about labour regulations

Those who are pro-Brexit and those who oppose it have to negotiate the pitfalls of their own previous positions on red tape.

Daniel Hannan: Post-Brexit, we could aim for EFTA. Or model ourselves on Singapore. But either way, we must decide.

It is hard to avoid the impression that leaving is being undertaken in a spirit of damage limitation rather than a spirit of opportunity.

Mark Pawsey: If vaping helps smokers kick the habit, the Government must support it

Despite public health campaigners coming round to the benefits of e-cigarettes, mixed-messaging is still discouraging people from switching.

Alex Morton: A modest proposal. Quotas to help another disadvantaged minority – Conservatives.

We have allowed our enemies to infiltrate almost every power centre that matters and delegitimise our very existence.

Tim Philpott: We must disentangle Britain from EU quangos

With a limited number of exceptions such as Euratom, we need to take back control of regulation from continent-wide agencies with which we are a poor fit.

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.

The debate about Britain’s future is already settled. There will be an Open Brexit – because we have no other choice.

There is much more to politics than an affordable state and competitive taxes. But both will be indispensible for survival, let alone prosperity, after we leave the EU.

Regulatory reform is essential to industrial strategy

Greg Clark and BEIS have the opportunity to create a much more coherent and considerate approach to setting the rules for business.