Philip Booth: The Government needs to get tough (with itself) on competition policy

Just as governments of the left develop institutions designed to embed their reforms and make them difficult to reverse, so should the right.

Philip Booth: The BBC should be owned by subscribers

We should be able to choose whether we support the BBC with our wallets – the economic case for licence fees has evaporated.

Philip Booth: Coronavirus is no excuse for surrendering to the Left on economics

Unfortunately, the crisis we face will lead to decisions having to be made which will be more difficult than those taken in 2010.

Ryan Bourne: Don’t fret about this debt – at least not yet. Big tax rises would choke economic recovery.

If it proves a temporary blowout rather than permanent, accumulated debt levels being modestly higher looks manageable.

Philip Booth: The planning system can be liberalised in a conservative way

Allowing developers to negotiate at a very local level to provide compensation directly to the community would factor in beauty, practicality and social costs.

Rosalind Beck: It’s not just EU policy that’s driving conservative voters towards the Brexit Party

The anti-business, anti-private property trajectory is doing it just as much damage – as exemplified in the field of housing and rent.

Rosalind Beck: Why the CPS and Onward plans for housing sales to private tenants are wrong

If anti-private landlord agendas are allowed to shape Government policy, things will only get worse for them and for their tenants alike.

Ryan Bourne: May has chosen to occupy the centre, rather than try to shift it. This bodes badly for Britain, Brexit – and the economy.

The basic principles of limited government, economic and civil liberties, freedom and equality under the law are almost entirely absent from her programme.

Philip Booth: Morgan’s is a very materialistic feminism

The Education Secretary sets little stock by values which differ from her own, and elevates economic productivity as the only measure of personal decisions.

We ask our panel: What should Cameron do next?

James Cleverly MP, Anne-Marie Trevelyan MP, Cllr Sean Anstee, Graeme Archer, Professor Tim Bale and others give their suggestions.

Philip Booth: Tax havens are good – let’s make Britain one

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Philip Booth: Some Christian objections to the NHS

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Philip Booth: Attempts to eliminate risk can have risky consequences

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Philip Booth: Why does the poverty lobby wage war on markets instead of on poverty?

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Philip Booth: The problem is not that companies pay too little tax, but that they pay too much

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