John Redwood: Ministers must hold professional managers to account for public sector performance

The present division of responsibility helps individuals avoid accountability, and taxpayers pay for it.

John Redwood: We’re free of EU membership and can motor to our own destiny. But still drive nervously in L-plates. Why?

There should be a growth target to complement the inflation target – to drive government departments to take actions that will promote more UK activity and jobs.

Alex Morton: Why new Homes for Heroes proposals can be a win for all

They can increase housing supply, save the government further spending, and show key workers that their sacrifice has not been forgotten.

William Hall: Why ministers must press on to bed the Armed Forces Covenant into all areas of public life

The Government has made great progress since 2010, but military and ex-military personnel still face a postcode lottery for proper treatment.

Reports of Johnson’s political demise are greatly exaggerated

But this electoral Titan has an Achilles heel – tax rises which, rather than planning or HS2, are the real threat to future Chesham & Amershams.

The Greensill saga must not become a pretext for reducing ministers’ access to outside expertise

This astonishing story threatens much more than David Cameron’s reputation. Who will stand up for ‘weirdos and misfits’?

Emily Carver: Politicians’ refusal to discuss NHS reform is cowardly at best and sinister at worst

Failing to implement – or even entertain the notion of – change helps no-one, aside from perhaps a handful who use the health service for cheap populism.

Barney Campbell: The case for a new national service scheme – driven by incentives, not compulsion

Doing more to incentivise recruitment is not only good for the Armed Forces, but benefits the rest of society too.

A looming battle between the Government and the health unions? Welcome back, old normal.

It makes sense to focus on a private-sector recovery, but a low pay offer to NHS workers sits badly alongside a record deal for teachers last year.

Are Johnson and Sunak preparing the way for a snap election in 2023?

The Budget was, if truly honest, a sign that the Government shuns spending cuts and embraces tax rises – which is ultimately unsustainable.

Iain Dale: Let’s hear it for the private sector and hear less about a bigger state

McDonnell wanted a state-run pharmaceutical industry. So now we will never know how it would got on with producing Covid vaccines.

Ryan Bourne: Calm down, stay cool – and drop this talk of tax rises. It’s too early to know how everything will settle down.

It’s baffling why think-tanks are taking the OBR assessments as truth, given its prediction record.

Liam Fox: Today, the Chancellor should aim to boost an unambiguously private sector-led recovery

Before pumping more funding into the public sector, we must restore the habit of making sure we have the money in the bank before we start spending it.

James Heywood: The case for public sector pay restraint is founded on fairness

The Government will need to think carefully about how any change to policy is presented, and the approach should be nuanced and flexible.

Dean Godson: It’s easier for the right to move left on economics than for the left to move right on culture. That’s a plus for Johnson.

The sixth piece in a ConHome series this week on the Prime Minister’s Reset Moment – and what should follow from it.