Andy Street: Making connections to change our region

The West Midlands provides a case study for the UK in how connectivity can transform an area by linking its communities, its geography, its businesses and its people.

Gareth Bacon: What London needs from our new Prime Minister

Povide fair police funding, back Crossrail 2 but reject a third runway at Heathrow. Also guarantee the rights of the one million EU nationals living in the capital.

Andy Street: What the West Midlands wants from the new Government

A new era of optimism in Downing Street can bring positive changes for my area.

Andrew Bridgen: HS2 must be cancelled before it does taxpayers – and the Government – any more harm

Over budget and out of control, allowing it to continue simply stores up more trouble and scandal for the future.

WATCH: Johnson’s Manchester speech in full – “We are going to level up the powers offered to mayors”

The Prime Minister pledged to “rebalance power, growth and productivity across the UK” and provide a £3.6 billion Town’s Fund.

Sponsored Post: Graham Brady and Tim Alderslade: We can and must be pro-environment and pro-aviation

The enemy is carbon, not air travel. The industry has already decoupled growth in aviation from growth in emissions, and plans further progress.

Patrick Spencer: Some advice for the new Conservative leader. Stick to these three ideas to boost productivity.

The new Chancellor should stick to the basics of cutting taxes, spending more on education and rebalancing growth outside of London.

Lord Ashcroft: More woe for St Helena. New figures reveal that its airport has failed to bring an influx of visitors

Sadly, neither I nor others have a magic wand to wave but, for starters, the island needs to become far more accessible to the outside world.

Andy Street: What’s needed to make the West Midlands the world centre for electric cars

This hugely important industry is undergoing rapid change. For the region that created the golden age of motoring, that’s an opportunity.

Andrew Carter: An urban manifesto for the next Prime Minister

Encouragingly, both leadership contenders have confirmed their support for more devolution.

Gareth Bacon: Khan sees motorists as a cash-cow – and one he intends to milk for all it is worth

There is a threat of London-wide pay as you drive road charge, to fix the damage the Mayor’s done to Transport for London’s finances.

Chloe Westley: Khan poses, tweets and postures – while London is ravaged by four murders in four days

As the Mayor tours TV studios to express his disapproval of Trump and Brexit, our capital city suffers.

Johnson’s bandwagon rolls on, Davidson declares for the Home Secretary – and Gove deploys weapons of mass distraction

Also: don’t cut members out of the contest. And the right exam question for candidates is: who can best win a general election?

Bob Seely: Saving Britain billions. Ideas for the contenders in this leadership contest.

This is a contribution to the debate – now let’s see what the candidates offer during the week ahead.

Andy Street: My seven tests to find the right Prime Minister for the West Midlands

They are chosen not from a factional or ideological standpoint, but from what I see while doing the job of Mayor.