John Penrose: Why we need a new rule to balance the budget

This fiscal rule would leave governments free to borrow for infrastructure investments – but day-to-day spending would be paid through your and my taxes.

John Penrose: Why we need a Sovereign Wealth Fund

Economically, it could be transformational, as it has been in Norway, which established its fund back in the early 1990s. It is now worth over a trillion dollars.

Ideas for the Budget 2) Andrew Lilico: How Hammond can create sovereign wealth funds to invest in housing

Plus: the official measure of inflation should be changed; student funding requires reform; and the Chancellor must prepare for No Deal.

Manifesto small print 7) Sovereign wealth funds

Several new investment vehicles will put Theresa May’s belief in “the good that government can do” into action across multiple sectors.

John Penrose: Why post-Brexit Britain will need a sovereign wealth fund

It should be used to pay for what we owe in our pensions and benefits system – and thus provide more inter-generational justice.

Another fiscally conservative reason for not paying off our debts

The weird but real phenomenon of negative interest rates

Autumn Statement: Think-Tank reactions

Osborne’s stamp duty reform gets a thumbs-up. But reaction to other measures is more mixed – and deep concern about the deficit remains.

Reckless disagrees with UKIP policy on a Sovereign Wealth Fund

Though the idea was actually first floated by Jesse Norman. Sorry, by Mark Fox. No, hang on a minute…

Osborne poised to take up the ConHome manifesto proposal for a Sovereign Wealth Fund

Matthew Hancock briefs the Daily Mail as he prepares to unveil a new National College for Onshore Oil and Gas.

Nick Pearce: A Centre-Left take on the ConservativeHome manifesto

Thatcherite on the economy and Europe. Macmillanite on housing and saving. Carswellian on governance – but lacking popular input on constitutional reform.

ConservativeHome manifesto: Introduction – Homes. Jobs. Savings. Plus Money and Power. Ten policies to make a difference.

Home ownership first. New garden cities. Scrap HS2. Repatriate immigration control. Reform pensions tax relief. Higher NIC thesholds. English home rule. Internet voting.