WATCH: Johnson tells CBI he plans to put corporation tax cuts on hold

The PM says that £6bn saved by delaying cuts in corporation tax will be used to fund public services like the NHS.

Richard Short: Corbyn rails against the super-rich, but it’s ordinary workers who would bear the cost of his ideas

A shallow minded and lazy tax and spend policy can only go so far on tax taken from the highest earners.

Richard Morgan: The Apprenticeship Levy could still achieve the ambitious targets it was set

Rather than abandon the Apprenticeship Levy, the Conservatives should radically reform it.

David Gauke: A traditional southern Conservative supporter ponders how best to vote

Economic competence has been the cornerstone of the Conservative appeal. Remove that cornerstone and the entire structure becomes fragile.

David Willetts: The Conservatives can win back young voters by delivering property-owning democracy

The fourth piece in our series this week about what the Tory Manifesto should look like.

John O’Connell: In an age of socialist-lite spending policies, what has become of the low-tax Tory?

The second piece in our series this week about what the Conservative Manifesto should look like.

Matt Kilcoyne: The Conservative manifesto. Wooing Labour heartlands with socialist policy is a doomed strategy.

The first piece of a series this week about what the Conservative Manifesto should look like.

WATCH: Sunak defends Conservative spending plans as “sensible fiscal management”

Marr criticises the Conservatives for “spending money like water” in a way they formerly criticised Labour for doing.

Jack Irvine: It’s time the Conservatives started caring for our seaside towns

The ignorance of many MPs and ministers towards the state of seaside communities is particularly surprising as coastal constituencies elect a quarter of all MPs.

David Gauke: Whatever briefings from Downing Street may claim, an election fought on a No Deal platform would be disastrous

Let me give seven examples of principles that most Conservatives would support. I struggle to reconcile them with those pursuing a No Deal Brexit at any cost.

Matthew Lesh: The radical neoliberal programme which can revitalise the Conservatives

The Neoliberal Manifesto, a joint project between the Adam Smith Institute and 1828, champions an approach based on freedom, markets and choice.

‘We probably didn’t cut enough’ may be the most important revelation from Cameron’s book

The heated debate about fiscal policy a decade ago is often forgotten. It matters that the former Prime Minister now acknowledges he came down on the wrong side.

Ryan Bourne: To help grow prosperity, let’s focus on people and not places – such as towns

Bowman and Westlake’s policy ideas are perfectly compatible with this end, but pitching them as a city and town agenda risks creating a false impression.

Javid’s spending speech will have been uncomfortable viewing for his predecessor

The approach – and the role of the Chancellor in the forthcoming election offer – has changed markedly.

WATCH: Javid – “No department will be cut next year…that’s what I mean by the end of austerity”

“Britain’s hard work has paid off,” the Chancellor told the Commons.