Chris Skidmore: Ministers need a place-based approach to skills

Levelling-up education must ensure that moving on up does not have to mean moving out

Matthew Elliot: Unveiling the winners of BrexitCentral’s £25,000 in policy entrepreneurship prizes

We received fifty creditable submissions, and I’m delighted to present the three we liked best of all. But if you have a big idea, I want to hear from you.

Matthew Elliott: Please apply to invest in Britain’s future and win £10,000

We would like to hear from people under the age of 35 with an exciting idea or contribution to policy debate.

Nat Wei: Forget moving Parliament to York. It should go fully virtual and innovate to save money.

Using technological solutions is not only effective but can enhance opportunities for those wanting to get involved in politics.

Alan Mak: Conservatism 4.0 – Four freedoms should define our Party in the digital age

We need to give innovators space to succeed (and fail), citizens more power online and off, and keep our country competitive.

Alex Morton: Conservatives must be able to debate the future of their Party’s ideas as well as its future leader

Allowing everything to be dominated by questions of personalities undermines essential thinking about matters of policy.

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.

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.

Nicky Morgan: Let’s have fewer rush-jobs like women-only carriages, and more serious, considered policy-making

Politics often expects a quick answer. But the quick answer often isn’t the best. From education to Brexit, complex questions deserve proper thought.

James Frayne: The Government should borrow one of Trump’s ideas

The Office of American Innovation might never get going, given Trump’s chaotic style, but the concept is a good one.

Here comes The Good Right

Tim Montgomerie and Stephan Shakespeare’s new project is a radical, inventive and long-termist injection into Conservative thinking.

The Right to Buy even appealed to Scargill – but which policies today have such a wide reach?

Evidence of the NUM leader’s hypocrisy is sweet – but it is also a spur to scrutinise today’s policy offering.

Matthew Barrett: Lord Heseltine’s most worthwhile recommendation was the creation of more unitary authorities

By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter. Lord Heseltine's recent report ("No Stone Unturned") into growth was correctly welcomed from a… Read more »

Councils should pay for policy advice

Glyn Gaskarth says policy research would be a good investment with a good for Conservative councils in delivering their agenda… Read more »

Kensington and Chelsea launches ‘Wedge card’ to promote local shops

By regular ConservativeHome reader, Henry Mayhew. David Cameron's vision of localism was given a boost in London last week as… Read more »