WATCH: Wollaston on NHS spending – “The Government should find the money through extra taxation”

Former Downing Street adviser Sean Worth notes that “the NHS is currently more productive than it’s ever been”.

We can’t just tax our way to a better NHS

Yes, some rises are inevitable. But they must be balanced by spending reductions elsewhere if economic policy is to be practicable and coherent.

Philip Booth: Why the Universal Basic Income is a very bad idea

Money would go from one person through a bureaucracy to another person in the same household – who probably holds a joint bank account with the first person.

We have not adjusted to what an ageing society means or requires. Green’s speech on social care – full text

“Using their own money would enable older people to take greater control over their care options.”

Paul Maginnis: My manifesto for boosting social mobility

It has fascinated me since growing up in a single parent family on the outskirts of Belfast – before attending the lowest-performing secondary school in Northern Ireland.

Helen Harrison: The Government should back the Bill to scrap hospital parking charges

It’s wrong to be using these fees as a stealth tax which squeezes people at times of great stress – and this legislation will leave hospitals no worse off.

Alistair Lexden: Neville Chamberlain – the unappreciated merits

The work done in partnership with Baldwin, and by Chamberlain alone after 1937, gave Britain some of the best welfare services in the world.

Sam Bowman: Aping the Eurozone’s overly tight monetary policy would be the quickest way to a Corbyn government

Replying to Alex Morton’s column of a week ago, the ASI’s Senior Fellow argues that the response to the financial crisis was imperfect, but more right than wrong.

Our survey. Are Tory members shifting towards backing tax rises? They divide over one to help fund the NHS.

41 per cent say spending should rise further and be funded by a specific hike, while 44 per cent oppose the idea.

Mark Ellse: Conservatives must become better at choosing their political language

Adopting the lexicon of the left muddles our thinking and undermines proper understanding of our positions.

The reaction to the NHS pay offer shows that relaxing austerity will not be as easy as some imagine

It might please nurses, but provokes new pay demands from teachers, doctors and soldiers. Nor would a hypothecated ‘NHS Tax’ make the issue go away.

Nicky Morgan: It’s too soon to abandon fiscal discipline, but the Spring Statement is a chance to communicate our vision

Day-to-day spending being brought back into balance is good news, and it makes some spending decisions easier, but beware hype about the ‘end of austerity’.

WATCH: Garnier – “I think we are getting close to the end of austerity”

However the Wyre Forest MP is less optimistic than some about the prospect of a ‘Brexit dividend’ which will further boost public spending.

WATCH: Hammond – “There is light at the end of the tunnel” on the deficit

“But we are still in the tunnel at the moment. We have to get debt down. We’ve got all sorts of other things we want to do.”

Williamson’s verdict at Westminster, not attempted murder in Salisbury, is our best guide to responding to Putin

Last month, he told the Defence Select Committee that Russia has ousted terrorism from the top of the national threat list – which has big spending implications.