Robert Halfon: It’s time for Ministers to let local authorities build more council homes, and borrow to do so

We need more houses, not just to buy, but to rent – truly affordably, as well. This is a social justice issue.

Ayesha Azad and Mark Pengelly: In Woking, we are determined that council tenants must have the chance of home ownership

Our innovative Earn Your Deposit Scheme would give the young a real chance to get on the housing ladder.

Alex Morton: Why the Tory tendency to bash our friends and back our enemies – for example, over student immigration numbers?

The Conservatives need to support genuine allies – such as savers, home owners, small businesses, and the armed forces.

How will those who wish to revive mass share ownership ensure people keep them?

As Margaret Thatcher learned, there’s a lot more involved in ensuring the widespread ownership of capital than simply handing it out.

James Frayne: To win over young voters, don’t make the mistake of assuming they’re all wealthy graduates

Targeting stamp duty and tuition fees could be less effective than technical education and the right industrial policy.

That pitiable conference, this directionless party – and the tale of Johnson’s lion and May’s frog

We have our reservations about the Foreign Secretary, but concede that he alone, of those Ministers who spoke this week, made the Tory message sing.

Reconstructing May 1) She won’t win the battle for the future if Corbyn defines the battles of the past.

The Prime Minister has a long story of progressive toryism to tell. Moral authority must not be conceded to Labour.

Iain Duncan Smith: The housing crisis demands a revolutionary new approach

Rethink how we build communities. Scrap Osborne’s tax on landlords. And give more people the chance to own their home.

Tim Patmore: Let’s build a million homes a year – but none of them on the green belt

It can be done, but it requires a great deal of political ambition.

Alex Morton: Prepare for Javid’s push to help build more of the homes we need

The vast majority of people are neither Not-In-My-Backyarders nor Yes-In-My-Backyarders but Maybe-In-My-Backyarders.

Nadhim Zahawi: New support for those yearning to own their own homes. The Government is delivering on housing.

We must preserve our beautiful countryside – but we must also continue to find places to build homes where people can live. There has to be a balance.

Daniel Bentley: Is Javid really prepared to get enough homes built?

The May government has so far set its sights no higher than its predecessor. Its aim remains Cameron’s – to build a one million homes during this parliament.

Lewis Baston: Labour-inspired, Conservative-inclining. The swing seat story of the New Towns.

They have gone either way in successive elections, but their recent results show up electoral trends that helping the Tories.

Henry Hill: May and Sturgeon both dismiss 2017 referendum rematch

Also: Fallon confirms Scottish base expansion; UKIP members decide fate of Welsh leader; Wales to scrap Right to Buy; and more.

Peter Saunders: Extend the Right to Buy to private tenants to make home ownership achievable again

A gross generational unfairness has arisen in the opportunity to buy a home, and it must be rectified.