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.

Paul Howell: Left behind communities must be the priority as the Government plots a recovery from the Covid pandemic

The crisis has tended to hit communities which were already struggling the hardest.

Jeremy Quin: The Government’s defence investment ensures a modern, persistent and effective approach to future threats

Spending amounts to an extra £24 billion over four years from today’s levels, helping to equip our Armed Forces.

Gavin Rice: The Conservative campaign in Hartlepool kicks off today. But will Johnson deliver for his new working class voters?

The calling-in of a planning application to open a coalmine at Whitehaven suggests prioritising green optics over Northern livelihoods.

Stephen Booth: The Integrated Review marks a further step towards the wider world and away from the European Union

Due to internal tensions, the Union can lack coherence and focus, often particularly evident in its efforts to implement a collective foreign policy.

Andy Street: The BBC’s Birmingham plans represent a cultural levelling up that this country needs

There are very, very few shows where you can see life here on your screens, or hear our accents.

Looking back at the Budget a week on, its plan for growth is not convincing

The Government can’t deliver levelling up without more supply-side change, localism and public service reform.

Jo Gideon: Civic pride can help level up post-Covid Britain, but it needs Government support

Our levelling-up programmes must invest in vital social infrastructure and empower local communities and decision-makers.

Robert Largan: Cutting Council Tax would do more to level up than cutting Corporation Tax

We need to look seriously at how our tax system works and whether the burden is spread fairly across the whole country.

Hugh Sykes: How spatial planning can make levelling up a reality

Put simply, it is the “where” of decisions – it helps policy makers to see where, and how, to focus effort, direct investment and encourage economic activity.

David Skelton: It was working class voters who delivered this majority – and Johnson must not abandon them now

The second of a ConHome series this week on the Prime Minister’s Reset Moment – and what should follow from it.

Ben Houchen: The North Sea must be at the heart of Britain’s net zero revolution

By offering strategic support to new industries, the Government can honour its promise to ‘level up’ the nation and turn the UK into a global leader.

Ian Howells: Hybrids are the key to delivering the Government’s climate transport goals in the UK

The UK can and should achieve its ambitious emissions reductions targets. But it will only get there by making the most of all energy sources and technologies.

Bob Seely: Ministers must revise the housing plan to give our cities the homes they need

How is it levelling up to concentrate new construction – and the associated infrastructure – in the South?

Garvan Walshe: Italian governments have failed to revive Naples for centuries. What are the lessons for its British equivalents?

The lively and chaotic city presents a warning to the Government as to how its regeneration plans could go wrong.