Dom Morris: A National Welfare Council, uniting disparate departments and agencies, could greatly alleviate poverty

This strategic approach has brought sizeable benefits in the field of security, and could work for welfare, too.

Rachel Wolf: Would-be Prime Ministers should be wary of the long-term cost of short-term policy pledges

Campaigning through policy might be effective, but each promise made by a leadership candidate with little time for thought or research is a hostage to fortune.

Anthony Browne: Policy Gains from Brexit 7) Banning the export of live animals for slaughter

Single Market rules forbade the UK from ending this practice, despite widespread public outcry.

“The Conservative Party should stand up for all those who feel powerless in Britain today”- Gibb’s reformist speech

“If we fail to address the very real areas in which the capitalist system is failing – a long period of left-wing, socialist government is surely on its way.”

Suella Braverman: We need a Next Generation Manifesto to promote our values to young voters

It would be easy to complain about unrealistic Labour promises, or hope people will naturally switch allegiance as they age, but neither approach is good enough.

Future of Education 1) Andrew Haldenby: Never, ever forget the importance of maintaining standards

The first writer in our mini-series is concerned that the Conservative education policy is at risk of neglecting the important lessons of the Gove years.

Alex Morton: To restore purpose, legislate for England

It was once said that the secret of Thatcher’s success was moving steadily on multiple fronts so that her enemies did not know where to focus their attention.

Alex Morton: As she prepares to shape her own spending review, May’s influence could last much longer than you expect

Her domestic policy impact could stretch for some years beyond her premiership – especially given the briefing yesterday of “an end to austerity”.

Sixteen Parliamentarians appointed to the Conservative Policy Commission taskforces

The chairs of the 1922 Policy Boards are joined by a range of MPs and peers, all of whom will aid Skidmore’s work.

Skidmore establishes five new policy task forces, from Global Britain to democratic reform

Seven MPs and three peers will oversee the work of policy innovation.

Guy Corbet: New Corbyn-lite policy initiatives are inferior to old truths

The Conservative Party, and its crop of new think-tanks, is full of zeal for new ideas. But they could be asking the wrong question.

Labour’s strategy of deliberate ambiguity threatens to hobble its policy development

Their solution to the unpopularity of Corbyn’s views is to avoid providing detail. But how can they debate and develop with new ideas while remaining tight-lipped?

James Frayne: Onward, the new think-tank, is rightly focused on what matters to provincial Britain

It would be easy, but mistaken, to take the path of least resistance and simply re-enact the dated Cameron ‘modernising’ agenda.

The Rudd debacle highlights a problem. Many of the Government’s special advisers are no good.

Ministers like Amber Rudd have great difficulty finding able SpAds because the Conservative Research Department, which used to train them, has been destroyed.

Claire Ainsley: There is a new working class, with different political concerns and motivations from the old

Understanding what makes these voters tick could be key to the outcome of the next election. No party can afford to ignore them.