Neil Shastri-Hurst: How Johnson can defeat the knife crime epidemic

Applying the principles of prevention, treatment and recovery could deliver results. This could be a real legacy.

Reviving our high streets must mean working with the market

Business Rates and the planning system contribute to the problem of boarded-up shops in so many of our towns.

Andy Street: Our holistic approach to public health in the West Midlands ensures spending is effective

We are encouraging people to do more exercise. We are investing millions in schemes to boost cycling and walking, which helps improve air quality in built-up areas.

Jenny Jackson: A winning Conservative NHS manifesto would focus on life’s first thousand days

They frame the rest of our life in terms of health and prosperity. Public policy needs to catch up with this new body of evidence.

Peter Bottomley: We have a great opportunity to wipe out Hepatitis C

The Government must seize this chance, and thereby transform thousands of lives for the better.

James Frayne: What polling tells us about voter views of “sin taxes”

In the absence of counter-arguments, we can’t really be sure what the public thinks about state action on unhealthy lifestyles.

Anna Firth: Local Government, not central Government, has the power and the tools to combat loneliness

In Sevenoaks, we are using public health funding to pay for advisors working in GP surgeries to help tackle the non-medical causes why people visit their doctor.

Joel Charles: The Government must meet the challenge of our ageing population before it’s too late

We need a comprehensive plan for adult social care, complemented by a national strategy for preventing avoidable ill-health in later life.

WATCH: The Prime Minister declares that knife crime “must be treated like a disease”

“We are taking a public health approach…This Summit is our next step in ensuring we do tackle serious youth violence.”

Matt Hancock: 75 years on, let’s celebrate how we Conservatives were the original Party of the NHS. And are still serving it today.

It was Henry Willink, supported by Churchill, who declared the NHS should be “free at the point of delivery, according to need not ability to pay.”

Rachel Wolf: On policy, it’s not the Independent Group that’s driven to the margins. It’s the Conservative Right.

The new group’s platform is not very inspiring. But its biggest problem is it they won’t be very different from the Conservatives’.

Steve Double: May has misread the mood of the country over free movement. Now is the time to drop hostile rhetoric.

There is a now a window of opportunity for a better, more sensible and cross-party debate than the one we had in the referendum campaign.

Michelle Lowe: How local government can ease the pressure on the NHS

In Sevenoaks District Council we contact people that regularly miss appointments to find out why and how we can help.

David Simmonds: The case for more investment in early intervention

The long-term dividends for individuals, local services, employers, and the Exchequer can far outweigh initial costs.

Andy Reed: The true test of the new Minister for Sport is how she influences other departments

Davies faces an overflowing in-tray, but DCMS does not have the power to address many of the biggest challenges facing the sector.