Chris Skidmore: For the UK to become a global science superpower, the Chancellor must set out a clear plan this week

We can still be another Israel or South Korea, if we decide a strategy and stick to it.

Richard Holden: Tomorrow’s Budget must show a return to traditional Conservative economics of fiscal responsibility

We must get both borrowing and debt down so that, faced with a future pandemic, war or crisis, we can properly respond.

Tom Clougherty: Tax rises will trash the UK’s international competitiveness. But there is a better way.

The country is approaching a competitiveness cliff-edge. The Government must change course before it’s too late.

Andrea Leadsom: Flexible work will benefit both businesses and their employees

There’s plenty of evidence that this will boost productivity, increase diversity in the workforce and help our wellbeing.

Liz Sugg and Ritah Anindo Obonyo: At this week’s Global Education Summit, we need to talk about sex

Ensuring that every child has access to comprehensive sexuality education will have a huge impact in the years and decades to come.

Lord Ashcroft: Exclusive – My next book will be on Carrie Johnson

Her influence developed long before she moved into 10 Downing Street via her work over the last decade within the Conservative Party.

Jayne Adye: It’s time to move beyond Brussels on financial services

Our exit from the EU should allow fresh thinking and a new regulatory approach – to allow the UK to reach its full economic potential.

WATCH: Ashworth criticises the Prime Minister and Chancellor’s “VIP lane” pilot programme

Workers around the country will think Johnson and Sunak’s exemption from self-isolation is “special treatment”, argues the Shadow Health Secretary.

Iain Dale: The Education Recovery Plan. Williamson has very little capital to expend. Will it be Marcus Rashford to the rescue?

Plus: The North London polenta-eating intelligentsia can’t cope with a North East accent. And: A secret wedding is possible.

Eamonn Butler: The Government wants to build back better. It might want to sort out its enormous tax burden first.

Sunak & Co show no sign of setting their sights on getting it down.

Robert Palmer: To support the levelling up agenda, the Government should follow Biden’s plan to tackle corporate tax avoidance

Voters across the political spectrum are united in their wish to see more done here.

WATCH: Eustice – “I don’t think Cameron took advantage of any rules. He meticulously observed the rules that are there.”

But adds that the former PM has “himself conceded that with hindsight, if he had his time again, he wouldn’t have texted Rishi Sunak.

Young people and reopenings. Let’s celebrate life going back to normal – but remember that normal can be daunting too.

The reopening of outdoor dining and pubs is fantastic. But we need to be mindful that there are mixed feelings about the future.

Ruth Davidson: The pandemic has been devastating for the world’s poorest girls. We cannot turn our backs on them.

The Chancellor’s decision to cut foreign aid will put futures in jeopardy.

Iain Dale: The EU has no interest in Northern Ireland’s future prosperity. It just sees it as a mechanism to exert its power.

Plus: Say what you like about Trump, but he had a better slogan than Clinton. And: Sunak’s budget was disappointing.