James Frayne: The Conservatives need to attack Labour this autumn. Here are five ways of doing so.

With the stakes as high as they are, the Tories need to throw the kitchen sink at the Opposition to drag themselves ahead in the polls.

Andrew Selous: Relationships education needs to tackle family breakdown

The third piece in a five-part series on ConHome on a new Manifesto to Strengthen Families, which is being launched in Parliament this week.

John Blake: This week, A-levels. Next, GCSEs. Now we need to know what the next Tory education reforms will be.

It should focus on improving vocational training for people who are not going to university – and on getting primary as well as secondary education right.

How Hammond could raise his ratings

The Chancellor has not always been well treated by his neighbour, and deserves support over public spending. But he has mishandled his internal position over Brexit.

Alex Morton: A modest proposal. Quotas to help another disadvantaged minority – Conservatives.

We have allowed our enemies to infiltrate almost every power centre that matters and delegitimise our very existence.

James Scales: Technical education – still a pale shadow of its academic cousin

There is not enough cross-pollination between the education sector and employers. And careers advice must be dramatically improved

Sophie Sandor: You want better state schools? Then let them make a profit.

If everyone had the opportunity to attend a private school then, by definition, they couldn’t be elite.

Catholic schools, transgendered people – and a missing Conservative equalities policy

Over time, proposals have either been denounced as politically correct nonsense, or embraced with an enthusiastic “me, too”-ism. Neither approach is exactly rigorous.

Julian Brazier: Mass immigration helps to drive our housing crisis. No wonder young people are angry – as I know to my cost.

An unholy alliance of vested commercial interests on the one hand, and left-leaning commentators on the other, have poisoned the well of the debate on migration.

Prospects for the economy 2) Andy Silvester: The fundamentals are strong. But confidence is in shorter supply.

Doomsday predictions remain overblown, but the real, specific concerns of business are worth listening to nonetheless.

Nicky Morgan: We need less focus on the Prime Minister and more on the whole Conservative team

The only way to put an end to something like the ‘school cuts’ campaign was to knock it back hard and repeatedly at the start before it gained traction.

Adrian Mason: Election reflections. We must embrace new technology – or we will be left behind.

We relied on our candidate’s Twitter postings, and believed that nothing was more effective than talking to people on the doorsteps. This may no longer be true.

Nadhim Zahawi: While Corbyn plays to the gallery, we Conservatives have work to do

The Queen’s Speech provides concrete facts to grip on to and analyse, and a clear indicator of how the Government intends to lead our country.

Ben Jeffreys: Scrap tuition fees. Fairer school funding. Votes at 16. How the Tories can win young people’s support.

Increasingly, the Conservatives are seen as protecting the interests of those who have acquired wealth by their old age.

May’s Calendar Girl Queen’s Speech

A lot on Brexit; not much elsewhere. The lack of a majority leaves the Prime Minister exposed – whatever may happen with the DUP.