Four years on since Brexit, the media still doesn’t get the public mood

One of the biggest lessons of the referendum was that newspapers and other outlets had failed to spot widespread sentiment.

Alexander Stafford: PPE – and how our throwaway culture is endangering our national security

The production of reusable PPE in such places as Rother Valley would tie in with the North’s vital role in the UK’s green recovery.

Ryan Bourne: Greta Thunberg and Prince Harry are wrong. Our ingenuity is the earth’s ultimate resource.

The only sustainable route to reducing carbon emissions will come precisely from the sorts of innovation that drive the “fairytales” that she bemoans.

Nick Hargrave: Why Conservatives must catch the green tide

Onward puts the importance placed on the environment amongst under 35s in roughly the same category as housing and education.

Mark Stockwell: The plastics ban. It may go down well at middle-class dinner parties. But it won’t tackle the real environmental issues.

The Government should resist Defra’s enthusiasm for bans and emphasise public education, plus the enforcement of existing anti-littering laws, instead.

Vicky Ford: Plastic pollution is a poverty issue – and Britain can make a difference

The last in a series of three extracts from a new book of essays from Conservative Friends of International Development and Save the Children.

Daniel Coughlan: Faith schools. What evidence is there to justify Hinds breaking a manifesto commitment?

While Hinds’ grammar school announcement was welcome, his U-turn on the cap on faith-based free schools is simply baffling.

Richard Benyon: Climate Change. There’s an opportunity, as this Commonwealth summit opens, to follow the Queen’s lead.

It is vital that we discuss how we eliminate the plastic waste brought to the surface of our collective consciousness in Blue Planet II.