“My Government will embark on an ambitious programme of domestic reform”. The Queen’s Speech – full text

Although Brexit is the headline, the spotlight is on a range of measures aimed at schools, the NHS, the police, and the justice system.

Ryan Bourne: To help grow prosperity, let’s focus on people and not places – such as towns

Bowman and Westlake’s policy ideas are perfectly compatible with this end, but pitching them as a city and town agenda risks creating a false impression.

Neil O’Brien: Corbynomics – and why it means that your house, business and savings don’t really belong to you

In his eyes, you have them only as long as the Government suffers you to have them, and they can be retrospectively taken away if he sees fit.

Kevin Hollinrake and Rosalind Beck: Rent controls would hit London hardest

Landlords in the capital already have lower yields than those elsewhere. Who is going to choose to build homes to rent if there is no return on investment?

Andrea Jenkyns: Help to Buy largely helped the better-off – instead let’s support those who really need it

Government schemes to promote home buying are not reaching a large part of the population who aspire to own their own homes.

Sponsored Post: Richard Lambert – Housing is too important to be used to create a legacy 

Private landlords epitomise traditional Tory values of aspiration, hard work and self-reliance, but this government is about to throw them on the scrapheap.

Howard Flight: Ministers must embrace supply-side reform to revive home ownership

That means easing onerous planning restrictions and ending George Osborne’s misguided crackdown on buy-to-let landlords.

Rosalind Beck: It’s not just EU policy that’s driving conservative voters towards the Brexit Party

The anti-business, anti-private property trajectory is doing it just as much damage – as exemplified in the field of housing and rent.

Steve Norris: Commonhold? Here’s a better idea – and one that doesn’t force management on occupiers

A Code of Practice, if given legal backing, should ensure that freeholders act as long-term responsible stewards of properties.

Potemkin legislation

There is a mismatch between Government announcements and Commons realities. It cannot attempt reforms without risking them being amended out of recognition.

James Brokenshire: Why we have decided to abolish no fault evictions

This reform will mean that families renting privately can sleep easier at night, knowing that the housing market they rely on has become fairer as a result.

Julian Brazier: Yes, the Conservatives must engage with young people – but challenge their worldview, not concede it

James Kanagasooriam’s recent analysis is powerful, but the suggested solutions are less sure. Simply offering what younger voters want won’t work.

Thomas Mawson: Khan is wrong to claim “the arguments for rent control are overwhelming”

The experience of San Francisco was that the policy caused the supply of available rental housing to be reduced by 15 per cent.

Will Tanner: How to turn renters into owners through a Chance to Buy scheme

Onward estimates that up to 88,000 landlords would make use of the relief each year, transferring just under half a million homes into ownership over five years.

James Hockney: Tackling revenge evictions

More protection is needed for tenants who complain about the condition of their property due to unscrupulous landlords