James Kanagasooriam’s Twitter thread on why the link between freedom and prosperity is breaking down

Is economics the key after all – driving the culture wars in western liberal democracies?

Robert Halfon: Under our new leader, we must prize social justice above social mobility

We must tackle causes of poverty, not symptoms: educational failure, worklessness, family breakdown, debt, addiction, disability, exposure to crime, poor housing.

Dean Godson: There are plenty of ideas on the centre-right. Here’s how it can create a new, decent, patriotric consensus.

Despite polarisation on Brexit, there is more agreement among voters than often appears – and therefore more cause for optimism.

Chloe Westley: Pursuing happiness doesn’t guarantee finding it

Governments are more likely to help create conditions for it by seeking economic growth, rather than well-being.

James Brokenshire: I urge local leaders everywhere in Britain to join us in helping to boost business abroad.

Lessons from my recent visit to India with Andy Street and Sir John Peace, Chair of the Midlands Engine Partnership.

Damian Green: Money, older people, and peace of mind

The Government needs to consider three strands if it is to offer a comprehensive solution: state support, private assets, and individual planning.

Philip Dunne: Defence helps boost our prosperity. Here are my recommendations to grow its contribution.

The MoD should use the opportunity of Brexit to reflect on whether EU competition rules should continue to apply to procurement.

“Living standards rose more quickly in the five years from 2011 than in the five years from 2002”. Discuss.

Some counter-intuitive, or at least counter-conventional, findings from a recent IFS report.

Patrick Spencer and Gerard Lyons: Yes, the British jobs story is a good one – but we can’t count on it carrying on forever

A report published by the Centre for Social Justice today outlines four major traps that could jeopardise Britain’s employment miracle.

Nicky Morgan: There’s good news to tell on jobs and growth. Let’s make more of it.

There is a suspicion that the Government wants to talk about other things – and a significant amount of attention is of course already being consumed by Brexit.

Nick Herbert: The question isn’t whether aid works. It does. The question is how it can work better.

The challenge for aid donors and recipients alike is to work together to improve its efficiency and effectiveness.

Antoinette Sandbach: We won’t make a success of Brexit if we don’t boost productivity

We should seek the closest possible relationship with the EU and an open trade policy. Firms need confidence to invest.

WATCH: Ici Londres – What causes poverty? Silly question, says Hannan

The really interesting question is: what causes wealth? And the answer is clear enough – specialisation and exchange.

Alex Morton: Why supporting free trade and controlled migration is not a contradiction in terms

Individually, migrants can come to embody these values better than many on the Left who were born here. But the evidence suggests that this takes time.

Kieron O’Hara: How liberalism can undermine the foundations on which it is built

Put harshly, it can be the ideology of the free-rider, the citizen who neglects the demands of citizenship.